https://padlet.com/hallorankd/411o6ww3hnvm en-us 2016-09-15 18:19:59 UTC 2026-01-23 07:40:30 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png hallorankd https://padlet.com/hallorankd/411o6ww3hnvm/wish/124172496 https://childsplaymusic.com.au/2012/01/17/water-play-music-play-children-a-natural-combination/ 
This activity could be used in a preschool, kindergarten, or first grade setting. I would set up a water table or two for use during free play or centers or as a recess option. Small groups of children could explore how water and sound interact and they may even create their own music. Some possible topics they may have questions about or pose theories about are states of matter, pitch, sinking and floating, and/or rhythm and patterns. ]]> 2016-09-15 18:23:39 UTC https://padlet.com/hallorankd/411o6ww3hnvm/wish/124172496 hallorankd https://padlet.com/hallorankd/411o6ww3hnvm/wish/124177453 http://www.teachersareterrific.com/search?q=earthquake 
I would use this STEM activity with 2nd or 3rd graders. The challenge is to construct a building that can withstand a Jello earthquake. Given various supplies, students would have to use their knowledge of earthquakes and design principles to build a structure that can last. This incorporates Earth science topics like earthquakes and plate tectonics with engineering and collaboration. I could make this more of a movement activity by changing the scale of the activity. The bigger the Jello or something similar, the more possibilities of large-scale construction.]]> 2016-09-15 18:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/hallorankd/411o6ww3hnvm/wish/124177453 hallorankd https://padlet.com/hallorankd/411o6ww3hnvm/wish/124180976 http://growingbookbybook.com/muffin-tin-reading-games/ 
This is an activity that I could adapt for many purposes. First, I could decide if I want to make the terms or challenges on the muffin paper or if I want students to make them. This could be used to review vocabulary terms for any subject and then students could act out, say, or draw the meaning of that word. Or these could be descriptions of an object that students would have to find (like "something you could use as a tool"). This activity could be adapted for anything from terms review to a creative thinking game. ]]> 2016-09-15 18:46:04 UTC https://padlet.com/hallorankd/411o6ww3hnvm/wish/124180976 hallorankd https://padlet.com/hallorankd/411o6ww3hnvm/wish/124185210 http://polkadotfirsties.blogspot.com/2013/07/ten-pin-linky-science-social-studies.html
This is a simple yet effective way for students to get moving and to practice animal life cycles. This could be used in any grade and could be anything from demonstrating the butterfly life cycle to how trees change with the seasons to how animals respond to their environment (migration, adaptation, and hibernation). Not only is this activity fun but it could also be used as an easy assessment tool.]]> 2016-09-15 18:58:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hallorankd/411o6ww3hnvm/wish/124185210 hallorankd https://padlet.com/hallorankd/411o6ww3hnvm/wish/124190712 https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/e9/e7/22/e9e72258f2ce17bb73aa64cc3bfd79ee.jpg
This movement activity is swimming with science and math applications. Working with a partner, students are seeking to answer a questions similar to "which movement produces the greatest heart rate (or lowest)?". They could then create their own activities (in place of or in addition to those listed below) which one partner will do for a minute and the other will keep time and record the data. This could lead to discussions on exercise, the function of the heart and other organs, how the experiment could have been changed, fractions, and differences from person to person.  ]]> 2016-09-15 19:18:02 UTC https://padlet.com/hallorankd/411o6ww3hnvm/wish/124190712 hallorankd https://padlet.com/hallorankd/411o6ww3hnvm/wish/124417947 https://middleschoolmusic.com/2015/09/05/create-an-instrument-part-1-introduction/
When given a variety of materials, I will challenge students to individually or in groups to create a musical instrument. As they are planning how and what to make some questions and discussions may come up concerning design, pitch, types of instruments (percussion, wind, etc), sound, and what sounds sound pleasant together. Students will then present their instruments to the class and name it something unique. We could then have a concert with our instruments where we could write our own songs or use familiar ones. If the interest is still there, we could also study the science of sound, history of instruments and music, or ways to write music. ]]> 2016-09-16 16:48:23 UTC https://padlet.com/hallorankd/411o6ww3hnvm/wish/124417947 hallorankd https://padlet.com/hallorankd/411o6ww3hnvm/wish/124421717 http://www.rakisradresources.com/2015/01/top-10-social-studies-websites-for.html
This amazing online tool can be used to engage students in geography and land forms and maybe even inspire dreams of travel. During centers, students can use Google Earth to explore countries, states, or even their very own hometown.I would have activities they could do along with that like mapping out an area that they are interested in or building a model of a famous landmark. They could also create travel itineraries or pretend to be travelers in the dramatic play area. I would want this activity to be as open ended as Google Earth is. ]]> 2016-09-16 16:57:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hallorankd/411o6ww3hnvm/wish/124421717 hallorankd https://padlet.com/hallorankd/411o6ww3hnvm/wish/124432683 https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=F2prtmPEjOc
This is a song about the planets and the first graders in my field loved it so I would definitely use it in the future. Since the words are in the video, students could sing along. The second time we play the song, students could act out the planets and dance as we sing (either one student per planet or everyone acts it out). This could easily be followed by learning more about the solar system.]]> 2016-09-16 17:29:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hallorankd/411o6ww3hnvm/wish/124432683 hallorankd https://padlet.com/hallorankd/411o6ww3hnvm/wish/124434994 http://firstgradewow.blogspot.com/2013/10/falling-for-force-and-motion.html?utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FirstGradeWow+%28First+Grade+Wow%29&utm_medium=email&utm_source=feedburner
This would be a fun song about gravity to sing and move to. I would probably use this in a kindergarten or first grade class. I would sing this song and students would toss a ball when I sing that part and jump when I sing that part. After that, students may have more questions about gravity so I would help them develop their own experiments to see how gravity affects objects we find in the room and outdoors. ]]> 2016-09-16 17:35:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hallorankd/411o6ww3hnvm/wish/124434994 hallorankd https://padlet.com/hallorankd/411o6ww3hnvm/wish/124439596 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVPyjukPxFA
This song is so catchy so of course students will love to sing along to it! This could be used to introduce habitats and biomes or caring for the envrionment. It could also be used later on. To make the video more interactive, I could have students turn our classroom into several habitats (a forest area and an ocean area and so on) and when one of the habitats is mentioned or displayed in the video, the group who created that habitat holds up the animals or plants or whatever decorations are in that habitat. ]]> 2016-09-16 17:49:18 UTC https://padlet.com/hallorankd/411o6ww3hnvm/wish/124439596