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This year my major plan for integrating critical thinking and collaboration included a major classroom change. I was rearranged my classroom into pods and I started presenting my lessons in a flipped form.
The pods and flipped classroom provided an opportunity for critical thinking and collaboration. The students were to watch the videos and write down any questions they had on the material. They then met up as a group to go over the material. I found the students would have impressive conversations on the material. They then also worked in their pods to complete the daily practice. I found it was great for the students to be able to work together through problems and struggles. I was constantly happy to hear the students offer their own explanations to each other.
On November 25th, the Grade 1-2’s invited their parents in to participate in a
simulated tour through the rainforest, which was set up in our classroom. The kids
created models of all the animals we studied in our unit, and helped me create
a rainforest canopy, and river in our room. We strategically placed the animals,
turned off the lights (rainforests are dark), and played a rainforest soundtrack to
help with the simulation. The kids carried flashlights while touring their parents
around the room. Afterwards, they were asked to sit down with their parents and
go through a “King of the Rainforest” Questionnaire (which was really a study
guide).
In small groups, students were to create a piece of art out of
recycled materials. Students were given creative freedom to design, plan,
and build their projects.
Congratulations! You have just graduated from a Master’s program in Genetic Counseling, one of the
most prestigious degree in Canada! You have been hired to work as part of a team of 4 genetic
counselors. As part of a new and rapidly changing field of work, you know that this will naturally come
with a bit of research. Your task is to research the area of your specialty.
Observe, illustrate, and analyze living organisms within local
ecosystems as part of interconnected food webs, populations, and
communities
Analyze how ecosystems change in response to natural and human
influences, and propose actions to reduce the impact of human behavior on a
specific ecosystem
Quick & easy at home projects curated for kids 2 and up. Look for a parent toolkit, activities for each age group from ages 2-4 to 12+, STEAM Activities, Daily DIY: Tinker with Time.
To work collaboratively in small groups and as a whole class, to compose a list of leveled questions to ask Austin.
Students will use Bloom’s Taxonomy Flip Chart for Critical Thinking to assist in leveling questions.
-Come up with 3 questions that you could ask, based on what we have studied in our rocks and minerals unit.
-Write down the level of question you believe it is.
-In groups of 3, use your flip charts to discuss each of your questions from Step 1.
-You must agree on what level you are going classify each question as.
-After leveling questions, take your sheets to the charts posted at the front of the room. Put a checkmark under the level of question that you designated each as. (9 checkmarks/group)
Make learning come to life! Participating in hands-on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) Challenges can provide students with opportunities to develop new skills and understandings related to their preferred life/career choices. These challenges help students build 21st Century Skills while exploring potential occupations of interest. Students will be able to reflect on what areas best fit their interest, skills, values, etc. as they work to create the life they want to live.
Your Challenge?
Build a structure of your choice to show what you learned about how to build a sturdy and strong structure. Some ideas you can build include; a bridge, a tower, a dome, etc.
TeachEngineering is a searchable, web-based digital library collection comprised of standards-based engineering curricula for use by K-12 educators to make applied science and math come alive through engineering design in K-12 settings. The TeachEngineering collection provides educators with *free* access to a growing curricular resource of activities, lessons, units, maker challenges, and sprinkles for use in informal education settings.
Formation of the TeachEngineering collection was funded primarily under the NSF National Science Digital Library program, aiming to establish a national digital library that constitutes an online network of learning environments and resources for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education at all levels. Many other generous sponsors and web partners have enabled its ongoing development and promotion.
STEM MINDS™ curates, creates and delivers the best STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) programs to children, specific to their needs. “A” for Art is embedded in everything we do as creativity is the foundation for learning!
Use the menu to navigate to the STEM Hub to find plenty of great coding activities. (http://stemminds.com/steamhub/steam-hub-courses-3/)
You will need to register for a free account to access materials.
Some of the hands-on activities include:
-circuits and party lights
-how fast do humans run
-brain injury
-how sharks swim
-harnessing electricity
-building model hand
OR explore the whole library to find something to suit your needs! This includes smaller lessons as well as larger. (E.g., oceans, lemon battery, light, solar, motors, sensors, windmill, seismograph, telegraph)
Each activity is broken down into steps and includes the time needed and an estimated cost per student in USD.
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Build affordable inquiry and project-based activities to visualize data across science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) curriculum. Middle school standards-based lesson plans written by teachers for teachers.
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Spotlight on Careers is an opportunity for secondary students to explore potential future career paths. Participants in a Spotlight are exposed to post-secondary opportunities, hands-on experiences, and mentorship from professionals in a specific industry.
Alberta Ed Lab Safety
Lab Safety
Safety Contract
Safety Game
Safety in the Science Classroom
Spongebob Safety Review
During this assignment the students have a choice of a final project to
demonstrate their understanding of sound. The student may choose to:
• create a musical instrument out of recycled materials which plays at least
3 different pitches
• use materials to create sound effects to enhance a poem or story
While doing this assignment the students enhance their critical thinking and
creativity skills as they use what they know to solve a problem to create
something new. The live theatre presentation section of this assignment and the
rubric were borrow from the Sun West Distance Learning course for Grade 4
Science.
Summary: Our goal was to have the Grade 5 students build a Rube Goldberg
structure using at least 3 simple machines. The task chosen was to break a balloon
but the task could be changed.
Summary – Students embark on a scavenger hunt at their school and in their community, searching for real world examples of the 6 simple machines and how they exert force on an object to put it in motion.
Activity- 1. Divide the students into groups. Introduce action plan and materials available for use to create the strongest and tallest structure. 2. Each group has to draw and label a blueprint of their plan/design. 3. Create a rubric with students to evaluate their structures. 4. Fascilitate and ask each group questions – What are you using in your design to create strength and stability.(We used this to create a shadow puppet on the ipads that demonstrated their learning.) Assessment 5. Students will test their structures strength using textbooks. Video tape. (Have textbooks readily available) **While presenting to each group in front of the class. 6. Students collaboratively created a Shadow Puppet, designed a dialogue together, and share their learning about structures. 7. Parents were engaged as we showcased our learning at Student Led Conferences on our Smartboard.