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Winter vs Summer Solstice

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This site is a curated collection of phenomena for the NGSS, along with help for how to use phenomena in 3 Dimensional teaching and learning.

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Experiment of sound waves

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Description: The tin can telephone is made of a string connecting two tin cans or paper cups. When the sender talks into one side it vibrates air in the cup which vibrates the bottom of the cup. This vibration is transferred through the string and received at the other end by sound. This phenomenon can be used to address sound as vibrating materials and can be used as an example of a communication device.

Web Resource: Talk through a String Telephone

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Tin Can Telelphone - The Wonder of Science

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Description: The tin can telephone is made of a string connecting two tin cans or paper cups. When the sender talks into one side it vibrates air in the cup which vibrates the bottom of the cup.

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Storylines are great ways to get students motivated. This is a unit long phenomena-based learning.

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This first-grade unit on light starts with students exploring how many shapes they can see on different pieces of paper at various locations around their classroom when the lights are turned off. They are surprised to find that some of the shapes are not visible in these conditions. This leads students to start wondering about other phenomena related to seeing in the dark, which in turn leads to new questions and design problems related to how they can make their room completely dark.

What students figure out

By the end of the unit, students develop powerful ideas about the interaction of different materials with light, and its effects on what we see. These ideas include:

Objects can be seen if light is available to illuminate them or if they give off their own light; very hot objects give off light.

Some materials allow light to pass through them, others allow only some light through, and others block out all the light and create a dark shadow on any surface beyond them, where light cannot reach.

People can use light to communicate (send and receive information) over long distances.

A situation that people want to change or create can be approached as a problem to be solved through engineering.

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How Does Light Help Me See Things and Communicate With Others? - Next Generation Science Storylines

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This first-grade unit on light starts with students exploring how many shapes they can see on different pieces of paper at various locations around their classroom when the lights are turned off. They are surprised to find that some of the shapes are not visible in these conditions.

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Gives a phenomena of the animal to is behavior as a parent and offspring.

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Description: Lake Malawi contains a curious species of fish (ciclid) that hold their offspring in their mouth as they grow and develop. The eggs are fertilized and then help in the mouth until the offspring are able to survive on their own. The parents can still feed while they are taking care of the young but they will generally not feed as much. This phenomenon could be used to explore parental care and could be extended to discuss evolution of this interesting adaptation in this lake.
Web Resource: Mouthbrooding - Wikipedia

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Description: Lake Malawi contains a curious species of fish (ciclid) that hold their offspring in their mouth as they grow and develop. The eggs are fertilized and then help in the mouth until the offspring are able to survive on their own.

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Students try to emulate the steps that a bobcat makes in the snow. They work together to see how it is made, what strategies they use and how they feel during this process.

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Winter: A Hard Freeze and a Watering Hole | A Season at Shaver's Creek | PBS LearningMedia

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Winter at Shaver's Creek saw a hard freeze, which can be tough for animals looking for a drink. Luckily, our trail camera was set up right in front of a winter watering hole. White-tailed deer stop by for a drink, and don't miss the great blue heron having particularly good luck fishing.

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Student center that offers games, craft, activities and media of earth that is kid friendly.

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Earth | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids

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Articles, games and activities about our home planet

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This storybook tells about the sun in an easy to understand way with graphics to help young learners understand.

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This storybook for children tells the story of the sun and makes a useful classroom tool for younger students.

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A read aloud The Mystery of the Missing Hummingbirds. Students learn about the seasonal changes and how they affect the environment and animals around.

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Low cost teacher approved activities for students.

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Caution: Do not look directly at the sun.

Choose a safe outdoor space in a sunny area. The area should include a hard surface, such as a driveway or sidewalk, where you can make chalk outlines.

Have your partner stand still, in whatever pose they choose, while you use chalk to outline their shadow. Be sure to also outline the shadow-maker's feet to show where they were standing. Now go to a different spot and switch roles, so you become the shadow-maker. Have your partner draw around your shadow and outline your feet.

Come back after about 15 minutes and place your feet in the chalk outlines, exactly where they were before. Look carefully at your shadows. Have they changed position? Are they longer or shorter? Why do you think they're different now? Trace the new outlines of your shadows.

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Caution: Do not look directly at the sun. Choose a safe outdoor space in a sunny area. The area should include a hard surface, such as a driveway or sidewalk, where you can make chalk outlines. Have your partner stand still, in whatever pose they choose, while you use chalk to outline their shadow.