https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow en-us 2020-10-31 16:24:21 UTC 2024-12-19 06:57:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4da.png sarnoland https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/878787041   This book is about a square piece of paper that turns in to other shapes and objects. The "Perfect Square" can be used to teach students about shapes. It can also be a great way to challenge students by giving them different square pieces and seeing what they are able to create out of those squares. Students will be challenged to come up with their very own creation.]]> 2020-10-31 16:47:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/878787041 sarnoland https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/878800284   In this book, a child uses their imagination to build something new and exciting with a cardboard box. Likewise, this book can be used to get students thinking creatively. Students will be challenged to come up with a creation using a cardboard box. It can be anything that they would like to build. This will cause students to use their math skills as they measure what parts need to be sure lengths. Students will also need to use their scientific thinking skills so that they can think about what will and won't work to build what they are thinking of.]]> 2020-10-31 17:00:30 UTC https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/878800284 sarnoland https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/878809206   This book is about a boy who wishes to have his very own room away from his little brother. As an activity, students could be challenged to create their very own dream bedroom. They would make a blueprint and include everything that they would want to have in their dream room. Students will have to use their math skills so they could calculate perimeter or area of the items in their rooms. ]]> 2020-10-31 17:09:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/878809206 sarnoland https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/878823657   In this book, Humpty Dumpty learns to overcome his fear of heights by climbing the wall he fell from. He begins to fly paper airplane birds from that wall to watch them fly. As an activity, students could do an egg drop challenge. Using their math and science skills, students would create a design for their egg drop tool to help keep the egg from breaking. They will need to measure the materials and test their product before doing the actual egg drop.]]> 2020-10-31 17:24:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/878823657 sarnoland https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/878832327      "If I Built a House" is about a boy who builds his dream house. He includes things that wouldn't usually be found in a house such as a racetrack, a giant slide, and a flying room. The challenge that could go with this book could be having students design their own house. The challenge for students would be to include futuristic elements in their house. They can include any elements they would want. They would then build a model with labels of their futuristic home. To do this, students will use their science and math skills.]]> 2020-10-31 17:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/878832327 sarnoland https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/880551655   "Iggy Peck, Architect" is a book about a kid named Iggy who tries to build towers, bridges, famous landmarks, and more out of any materials he can find including chalk, apples, and pancakes. For the activity, students could use any materials to create their very own creation. This will require students to use their science and math skills as they draw a design and work to build a creation of their own.]]> 2020-11-01 22:05:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/880551655 sarnoland https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/880564874      This book is about a young girl and her dog. We follow them through the girls frustrations, tests, redesigns, and her renewed enthusiasm for her very own invention. The activity for this book could be that students come up with their very own invention. They could design it stating what materials they would need to make it. They could build it and test it and redesign it as needed.]]> 2020-11-01 22:18:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/880564874 sarnoland https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/880588383   This book is about leaves and the changes that occur during different seasons. For this activity, the students would be learning about the life cycle of a leaf and how they change as the weather changes. We could use leaves and make patterns with the different colors. Students could also learn the parts of the leaf and make a diagram.]]> 2020-11-01 22:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/880588383 sarnoland https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/880599111   This book by Dianna Hutts Aston is about rocks and the variety that can be found in our world. For the activity, students could look at different rocks and compare and contrast them. Students could also take a trip outside to see what kind of rocks they find in their own backyard to see how similar rocks are different as well.]]> 2020-11-01 22:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/880599111 sarnoland https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/880603747   In this book, students will learn about the different phases of the moon. For the activity, students can recreate the phases of the moon using Oreos. Each student would get a plate and Oreos. Students will have to bite into their Oreos to recreate each phase. Then, they will need to label each phase using a paper plate.]]> 2020-11-01 23:01:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/880603747 sarnoland https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/880613988   This book is about magnets and how they work. It talks about some things that will stick to magnets. In this activity, students would be able to do their own exploring with magnets. They could make three different predictions about three different materials stating whether or not that item will attract to the magnet.]]> 2020-11-01 23:12:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/880613988 sarnoland https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/880625953   In this book, students will see what kinds of experiments they can do to be scientists themselves. Students could choose any activity of interest to them and explore on their own. This could also be used as a whole class activity where the focus is only on one activity. These activities include more than just science skills. Students will also be using their math and art skills to create some of their own things.]]> 2020-11-01 23:26:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/880625953 sarnoland https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/880629124   This book is about a girl who loves science. Throughout the book we see this young girl inquire about different things. She asks questions and conducts experiments. For the activity, I would help set up an experiment for students and I would have them brainstorm and think about questions to ask themselves about the experiment. This will help them see the importance of questioning and learning through their questioning.]]> 2020-11-01 23:29:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/880629124 sarnoland https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/880638255   In this book, students are encouraged to be a maker. This means that they are encouraged to go out in their community and make changes or make something on their own like a tower. For the activity, students could come up with an "issue" they see in their everyday life and try and make something that will fix that "issue". Students will need to be creative, look up some ideas online, and/or digitally create something that will help make that change.]]> 2020-11-01 23:39:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/880638255 sarnoland https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/880641675   This book is about a girl and a robot who are learning all about coding. There are many activities that could be done with this. One activity could be having students go online and learning how to code their own rollercoaster. Students could also find coding games online that will help further their learning in coding.]]> 2020-11-01 23:42:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sarnoland/3d0b7bd3fy3m86ow/wish/880641675