This is a great list of resources from EIE (Engineering is Elementary). Thanks Lindsay Hess, Wade Thomas, for sending this to share!
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Thank you Cindy Leroux from Sun Valley for sharing these resources: "During our Plant and Animal Adaptation the gestation period of the coyote was discussed. This lead to student questions about other animals. This presents relevant information on 14 animals that can be shown/discussed in sections." Organisms: These were used, some in part as they are long, in an introduction to the Plant and Animal unit. It can begin the discussion as to what an organism is. If students do not have access to microscopes, they might be enlightened. Those with microscopes available might become excited to see what they might see in local pond water. VIDEOS: From Lindsay Hess, 3rd grade Wade Thomas: "Last year we used the SF Zoo Mobile for as part of our animal adaptations unit. The kids really enjoyed it."
Thanks to Eddie Gutierrez for this wonderful resource: "The one (workshop) we paid for had to do with the moon and sun. It is a great way to introduce the introduce the solar system. My students were really engaged throughout the presentation put on by Chabot. They even brought a portable planetarium that made my students excited. There are different classes that they offer so it's not just limited to the moon and sun."
There is so much on this website to explore! There are workshops, lesson plans, videos, and materials. Below are some of my favorite. Some have been shared before and some are new!
Thanks Chris Gonzales for sharing this resource: " The Modular Kits are impressive! The advantage of using a Modular kit is that the cost is much lower, materials, equipment and lesson guides are provided. Over 63 pages of modular with 5 -6 kits per page are listed on the website. The variety provides opportunities for the science and language arts teacher to select kits that fit directly with NGSS science standards. "
I know many of you are playing the Water Cycle game from this year's Professional Development days in your class. Here is the link to the game and a nice record sheet from NSTA. Fourth grade at Brookside
Here is a great website shared by Natalie Corsini with great picture archives for animal adaptations. Thank you Carolyn Robello for this great video about the life cycle of the frog that she used in her plant and animal adaptation/ecosystem unit: " We studied the Life Cycle of a coyote, a redwood tree, and I showed this video as an example of a frog's life cycle. We also have trout in the classroom so we can see first hand a life cycle to a certain point."
4th grade at Brookside studied their local watershed using Google maps and then got a chance to map their playground watershed.
Miller Creek's 7th grade science teachers proposed a challenge to their students: Build a helmet that will protect someone's head from injury. They built small prototypes that would cover an egg and then tested them. Some of the rules: They had to be able to be take off the helmet (Does anyone wear a helmet to bed?), it could encompass the egg (No one has a floating head!), and withstand a face first fall from a specified distance. Here are some pictures of what happened. Thanks Sue Holland, Janice Woods and Erik Lunde! 2nd year of the helmet project. Survivors! Melody Murphy, 5th grade at Glenwood, used these resources on her Google Classroom for her students to explore water. They were told to be prepared to talk about something they learned or noticed.
They then read from 'Canals and Dams' talking about the impact of humans on water (needing it for crops, etc) and what they used to tame water or get it where they need it. All this leading up to the dam project. |
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