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Here is a record sheet to help monitor group work and give feedback to the teacher. Created by Sarah Horkey, Hidden Valley
3rd Grade at Glenwood School worked on Earthquake Structures. Here are some pictures along with a couple slow motion videos. They were filmed using the SloPro app on an iPad. You can't email the videos unless you upgrade to the paid version. You can find more information from the Exploratorium on the Professional Development Page. Click on the Exploratorium Resources.
Here is a great challenge for students to work together. Sarah Horky of Hidden Valley had groups of 4 and working silently to build the tallest structure using all the cups in 10 minutes. I linked a couple different lesson plans.
Thank you Gina Tanner and Ed Malaret from Mary E. Silveira school for this resource. Pictures from San Pedro's 4th grade pasta structures
Here are two worksheets developed by Emily Felsenstein and team. One is the worksheet if you are using mat board (can be pricey) and the other is meat trays (generously donated by a local grocery store).
Please comment on where you have found resources in order to create or implement any of the iTEAMS lessons.
A clear, colorless liquid is poured into a funnel at the top of a box, and comes out into a container at the bottom. What happened in the box? The process is repeated, only this time the liquid comes out colored. What's going on? A third repetition gives still another different color! And a fourth trial results in no liquid coming out the bottom at all! What will a fifth trial do? Or a sixth? The challenge to a person observing this behavior is to figure out what's going on in the box, without seeing the inside. This is exactly the sort of problem faced by scientists investigating the nature of the atom, since it is impossible to "open up' the atom and take a look inside. Instead, the process involves a series of observations, hypotheses, predictions, tests, and conclusions, all of which may have to undergo revision as new behavior is observed. From Mike Schulist, Miller Creek EXPLORATORIUM DIRECTIONS WORKSHEET TEST 2013 MOVIE! |
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