This activity is a field investigation where students gather data on physical changes of the ecosystem surrounding their school habitat.
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- Gile, Danielle
- Danielle Gile, Kasson-Mantorville Elementary School, Kasson, MN
This activity is a field investigation where students gather data on physical changes of the ecosystem surrounding their school habitat.
In this Earth Science activity, students will investigate rocks in an outdoor field trip. Students will be divided into groups and given a Ziploc bag to collect rocks. We will then return to the classroom, and the students will put their rocks into different groups. The different groups could be the size, shape, color, and texture of the rocks. We will then talk about the Rock Cycle and the three main types of rocks. Students will record their observations in their science journals.
This is an inquiry where students will be comparing and contrasting two different types of leaves with a partner.
This activity is a classroom hands-on , active learning lesson where students observe and describe a familiar item, to help them observe and describe the physical characteristics of rocks.
This activity is an entire-class lab experiment that refreshes the concepts of sinking and floating, while introducing the concepts of bouyancy and density using the fizz from sprite (carbon dioxide gas) and raisins.
This is an integration of science leaf observations with musical composition for early elementary students.
This activity is a classroom and field study activity where students learn how to record focused observation.
This video lesson is an example of ''teaching for understanding'' in lieu of providing students with formulas for determining the height of a dropped (or projected) object at any time during its fall. The concept presented here of creating a chart to organize and analyze data collected in a simple experiment is broadly useful. During the classroom breaks in this video, students will enjoy timing objects in free fall and balls rolling down ramps as a way of learning how to carefully conduct experiments and analyze the results. The beauty of this lesson is the simplicity of using only the time it takes for an object dropped from a measured height to strike the ground. There are no math prerequisites for this lesson and no needed supplies, other than a blackboard and chalk. It can be completed in one 50-60-minute classroom period.
In this biology lab extension, student will have already collected leaves from the playground and surrounding school areas and sorted them into categories according to leaf properties. Students will use the leave classifications/ sorts to graph the properties of the leaves.
This activity is a field investigation where students will learn the importance of detail when nature journaling.
This activity is a field investigation where students will learn the importance of detail when nature journaling.
This activity is an inquiry and field study based. Students will be trying to observe, document, compare, contrast, and communicate what information they were able to gather. The will use this information to make in inference about the organisms they have found and classify them as either an insect or not an insect.
Students will record the temperature daily, using a bar graph, color coded bars. this monthly bar graph helps students understand phenology and interpreting graphs.
This activity will give kindergartner the chance to see what happend when they paint an iodine solution over a lemon juice message. They get to make thier own invisible message!
This activity is a group activity where students investigate leaves and sort them based on established criteria.
This activity is an introduction to a magnifying glass as a science tool.
The activity is a field trip to Minnehaha Falls where students will observe and record their findings in a science notebook.
In this activity students will explore leaves using inquiry and their senses.
This activity is a hands-on lesson that shows how air resistance affects how things move and how air is all around objects.
Students will raise questions about the natural world and seek answers by making careful observations about the weather. Students will measure, record and describe weather conditions using common tools, like thermometer, anemometer, rain gauge and possibly, light meter.