# data[].attributes.body
Ericka Mabion...you all have posted some creative and engaging learning experiences for our scholars.  I will compile these ideas and present them to our team for inspiration and fair-game borrowing.  Thank you for your esteemed efforts.  Charlotte and Chris will receive prizes for the most votes for their ideas.  Congratulations ladies!

# data[].attributes.body
Using  Pear Deck I would have students draw the living thing they would become. Then record an explanation using  Flipgrid.

# data[].attributes.body
Using  Pear Deck I would have students draw the living thing they would become. Then record an explanation using  Flipgrid.

# data[].attributes.body
Animal Skits: Students will film a short video of themselves answering the questions. They are answering the questions as their animal of choice. For example, my animal would be a dolphin. I would like to be a dolphin because they are smart and social. They now pretend they are their animal in the wild. So, I am aquatic mammal so I need air and water to survive. I live in the ocean and hunt with my family.                                                                                        Student's could aslo draw a picture of their animal and record their answers to the question.

# data[].attributes.body
Kindergarten Class: After students have learned and explored the ways that living/non-living things may impact their/our lives, students will go on a virtual "field trip" to landfill (during post COVID, students will visit either one of the Republic Landfills, or the Johnson County Landfill) to actually observe the environment/location of garbage/trash and recycled materials that were picked-up and transported by our local waste management system.  Students will be placed in groups with one clipboard per group containing a lab sheet with about 3-5 questions and a blank grid sheet to sketch/draw at least one area of the landfill that they think could be improved or modified; and one area that could impact their lives.  College/Career: Students will brainstorm and compile a list of a college degree program or a career that specializes in ways that engineers can help clean-up trash/debris left by humans in space.

# data[].attributes.body
Kinder kids at my school tend to struggle with sharing screens and going back and forth between open tabs or windows. We have been working on it and getting closer but we are still not proficient. I am thinking I would use SeeSaw as the platform to answer these questions; it is what my students and parents are most comfortable with. Students could build a book, so to speak. Page 1 would be to learn to take a screen shot and post a picture of their chosen animal. Page 2, students could have a grown up record their responses to "Why would you choose this?" Then, Grown up's could interview student and answer the following questions: Is your animal wild or a pet? Is your animal a hunter or is your animal hunted? What does your animal eat? How does your animal stay safe? Page 3, could be a drag and drop activity where I have created numerous food and non-food sources. Students could drag the items their animals eat into a "food bin".

# data[].attributes.body
The students participate in the #Trash Tag Challenge. The students will take a before and after photo of their cleanup. Then the students will reflect on how they impacted the environment for living things

# data[].attributes.body
Melissa Wendel   Students could use Flipgrid to record themselves identifying what living thing they would be and why as well as what they would need to survive.  They could be creative and use props ar pictures.  The next lesson we could view all the videos as a class.

# data[].attributes.body
Using BOOK CREATOR, have the students create a fictional story using pictures about an animal they choose. Showing that animal growing up in an environment that is gradually overtaken with pollution. Showing how this affects the animal and habitat it lives in. Students could use clip art pictures as well as real-life pictures showing the devastating effects of excessive waste and pollution in our natural environment. For instance, the plastic six-pack rings or plastic straws, or balloons and plastic bags, etc.

# data[].attributes.body
Have the students create a collage poster from old magazines. The students would look through old magazines and cut a picture out of a living thing, then add either additional magazine cuttings or draw in the things their living thing would need to survive. This would also re-enforce the recycling concept, to use old magazines for other purposes. The library is a great source for old magazines, if needed for this activity.

# data[].attributes.body
We had a blizzard hit our city and there is no electricity anywhere.  What kind of game or toy could you create with items found around your house to entertain you until we get our technology back?  Students could create a model and then video it to explain what it is and how to use it.

# data[].attributes.body
Aliens landed is by Vanessa Smith.

# data[].attributes.body
Aliens have landed on planet earth.  What would they look like?  They would have a special need that helps to clean up the environment, i.e. They love plastic so they could eat up all of the plastic in the oceans, lakes, and streams.   What would they need to eat, sleep, and breath in our environment.  They could draw the creature and then tell all about the alien by video.

# data[].attributes.body
Using Seesaw, students made a story about living things, pick their favorite animal, add pages like a real book, ex. use the seasons, one cycle a page, fall, winter, spring, summer. They could use dialogue with recording, typing a few words on the page, etc. Students would continue to draw pictures of what the environment around the animal looks like, then the student would be able to make suggestions for what humans need to survive and how we impact everything in their life, community and world.   Use Seesaw to make a similar story.

# data[].attributes.body
Students could upload a picture of their living thing into Seesaw. They could draw things that their living thing needs to survive. Then they could create a voice recording explaining why they chose that specific living thing and tell about it's needs.

# data[].attributes.body
Have  a dress-up day. Dress up as your favorite animal, bring 1, 2 or 3 things that you think the animal needs to survive. Don't buy anything; be creative and use clothes and material you have at home. If you want to show us something and you don't have the item you can bring a drawing.

# data[].attributes.body
Have them draw an animal in a "perfect" environment and a littered environment. Have them explain how the littered environment hurts the animal. They can use the microphone in seesaw too explain.

# data[].attributes.body
Have students create a PicCollage (if we could get it on IPads) that includes a picture of their living thing with the needs they need to survive.  They could then create a video describing their PicCollage.

# data[].attributes.body
Public Service Announcement. Explain to students what a public service announcement is and show them some examples. Have students create a public service announcement describing what their game or toy is, what materials they used, how it helps by reusing materials, and how to play their game or toy (have them demonstrate them playing with it). Using their iPads, they can record their Public Service Announcement and upload it to their Seesaw or Google classroom.