This awesome science video goes over the process of defining success that engineers use when they are solving problems, part of the engineering process.
This awesome science video goes over the hows and whys that engineers consider when they are trying to define a problem, the first step in the engineering process.
The following are a list of resources to help with descriptive writing.
Upon completion of the Solids and Liquids unit in Grade 2 Science, students have been exposed to a wide variety of the properties of solids and liquids. In order to address higher levels of thinking, such as evaluation, synthesizing and creating, I used this performance task to allow my students to summarize, show and use what they had learned throughout the unit. This challenge allowed students to creatively build a boat, using common household materials. They then tested its capacity to float and carry a load, assessed its effectiveness and lastly revised and improved it.
Goals:
To create performance tasks that increase student engagement
To provide an opportunity for students to show what they know
To give students choice
To encourage students to Lead their Learning
My plan for my 21st century competency dealt with critical thinking and collaboration in
my Physical Education 9 class. The assignment I had students participate in was in designing a
game that involved offensive and defensive strategies. The students also had to brainstorm
game objectives, physical skills being used, teamwork skill, game rules, penalties, and scoring
system. Before we began developing our games, we looked at the evolution of sport. For
instance, we looked at how volleyball and badminton scoring systems have changes in the past
20 years. We also looked at sports like hockey and football and the rule changes from the early
days of the sport to what we see today. Finally, students developed a game and taught it to the
class. They thought about what worked well and what did not and adjusted their games
according to their findings.
This awesome science video explores how engineers go about designing trials to test solutions to problems.
My goal was to create a booklet of creativity challenges to use with Grade 1 to 3 students.
Based on the model of Destination Imagination, I planned challenges that were relevant to the
curricula we were studying at the time. All challenges were chosen from Entry Level activities. I also wanted to foster collaboration, so all challenges were planned with that in mind. My final
artifact is a collection of challenges that I have housed in a duotang. Contact me if you would
like more information. I have included a few sample challenges that were adapted from the
Destination Imagination books, as well as a list of all the activities I collected, at the end of this
document.
Resources for using "Determining Importance" as a reading strategy in the classroom.
Resources and documents
This one-page "Cheat Sheet" puts information about PGs into a sustinct format that reminds us about:- what personalized goals are and are not- why we should be using PGs- what makes a foundational outcome - characteristics of a good PG- strategies to support achievement of PGs
Differentiation is what we do to enable more students to meet outcomes. It is the way in which we respond to the learning differences our students have which means it is also an ongoing reflective process.
We gather data before, during and after instruction in order to choose the right tools in order to reach the needs of our learners. The teacher who plans instruction to accommodate the differences among student’s, designs or chooses the best pre-assessment tools. The results are then used to enhance the instruction and learning experiences on the journey.
Various PDF Handouts on:
Choice Menus, Graphic Organizers, RAFTS, Cubing & Think Dots, Sample Centers, Literacy Stations, Measurement Choice Board, RAN Organizer, KWHLAW Chart
Differentiation is a teaching method that varies the content, process, product or learning environment relate to student interest, learning profile or readiness.
Many different resources for beginning teachers, PD, Instructional Strategies, Multiple Intelligence, Assessment (Formative/Summative),
Digital Passport is an interactive learning tool for grades three to five that teaches
and tests the basics of digital safety, etiquette, and citizenship. Students learn
foundational skills from online games and videos, while deepening their learning
through collaborative offline activities. Digital Passport has interactive games for
students, a comprehensive teacher dashboard that includes student reporting,
additional downloadable classroom materials and module guide. Digital Passport
consists of five topical modules: (1) Privacy, (2) Cyberbullying, (3) Communication,
(4) Creative Credit, and (5) Search.
*Digital Passport follow the policy guide for Digital Citizenship Education in
Saskatchewan Schools
Let's continue the exploration of the Water Cycle by drinking some dinosaur pee. Yep! Well, it's a little less gross that it sounds. It turns out that all of the water on Earth is just constantly recycled in what we call a closed system. No water comes in and no water goes out. So that means that, at some point, it's possible the water we're drinking was once dinosaur pee... or tears...
We know about food chains and how energy moves through an ecosystem. This video takes a step back to examine everything starts... and ends - with Decomposers!
Science Background:
• Liquids have characteristic properties based on the molecules they are made of.
• The properties of liquids depend on the attractions the molecules of the liquid have for each other and for other substances.
• Liquids can dissolve certain other liquids, depending on the attractions between the molecules of both liquids.
• Polar liquids, like water, dissolve other liquids which are polar or somewhat polar.
• Polar liquids, like water, do not dissolve nonpolar liquids like oil.
Materials: Water, Vegetable oil, Isopropyl rubbing alcohol, 70%, Corn syrup, 3 Clear plastic cups, 3 Small cups, 3 Popsicle sticks or stirrers
The Issue: How should the land around water systems be used?
Imagine you live in a town near a lake in Saskatchewan. For drinking water, the town uses
ground water from a local well. The ground water comes from an aquifer that sits below land
that is being developed for a feedlot.