https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc Tools, Resources, Strategies, Quotes, & What I learned en-us 2018-02-27 18:37:56 UTC 2023-03-09 11:05:04 UTC hello@padlet.com colleen_perry3 https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/236073685 Tools: Possible way to organize student science journals, create a science tab-it for each unit that can hold the students various experiences, drawings, and observations during that unit - promotes organization in the scientific process.]]> 2018-02-27 18:40:59 UTC https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/236073685 colleen_perry3 https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/236076204 Tools: Multitude of ideas on more artistic representations of scientific phenomena (dropping food coloring into a vase of water through shaving cream). Strong idea for formative assessment where students create an artistic creation of precipitation with a written explanation (ELA crossover)]]> 2018-02-27 18:44:16 UTC https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/236076204 colleen_perry3 https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245079432 Resource: Online format of the NGSS standards - provides access to important cross cutting concepts (to list if using some of the resources on here) as well as the disciplinary core ideas]]> 2018-03-22 15:57:53 UTC https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245079432 colleen_perry3 https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245079912 Resources: inspiration for Mouth structure lesson - explores how form leads to function and food sources for animals, lists the Unhinged! Video as a resource as well as other digital resources (pictures of animals with different mouth structures)]]> 2018-03-22 15:58:37 UTC https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245079912 colleen_perry3 https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245080364 Resources: Video for the Mission grammar lesson that explains the function of different mouth structures and how they relate to food sources - shows actual skeletal jaws as well as a snake using its fangs to successfully eat a rat]]> 2018-03-22 15:59:21 UTC https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245080364 colleen_perry3 https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245081856 Quotes/Resources: Science jokes that could be good for older students, or as a challenge exploration for younger students - instead of explaining a topic as an exit ticket they could try and explain the joke as if they were talking to someone who didn't understand it]]> 2018-03-22 16:01:28 UTC https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245081856 colleen_perry3 https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245082595 Quotes: Fun science jokes written by students that could be a fun way to prime the pump for science thinking if they relate to the lesson. ]]> 2018-03-22 16:02:26 UTC https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245082595 colleen_perry3 https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245083180 Strategies: A series of possible lesson ideas surrounding making observations and coming up with explanations. Specifically, the exploring bouncing balls activity could be high interest to students - figuring out what properties of bouncy balls allow them to bounce so high - good practice in properties as well as the practice of reflection and explanation]]> 2018-03-22 16:03:16 UTC https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245083180 colleen_perry3 https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245084608 Resources: Lesson that allows students to explore the needs of living things through use of technology (series of videos) and apply their skills by drawing an animal in a situation that fulfills their needs. ]]> 2018-03-22 16:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245084608 colleen_perry3 https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245087620 Tools: An idea for an extension of the lesson we have planned for Mission grammar - understanding that function = food choice and being able to match the beak/bill type to the food it would allow the bird to eat]]> 2018-03-22 16:09:55 UTC https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245087620 colleen_perry3 https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245088484 Resources: Good introduction to observation through touch, students must guess what object might be in their mystery box through feeling it and using background knowledge to make inferences. ]]> 2018-03-22 16:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245088484 colleen_perry3 https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245904844 Tools/What I learned: Similar to the simulation we did in class, allows students to move through the process of the eclipse and understand the timing/phases that occur. ]]> 2018-03-26 00:17:12 UTC https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245904844 colleen_perry3 https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245904970 Resources/What I learned: Resource from NASA for upper elementary/middle school students. Students create a disc that allows them to "scroll" through the moon phases and calculate what is coming - minimal materials!]]> 2018-03-26 00:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245904970 colleen_perry3 https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245905146 Strategies/What I learned: Math/Science connectedness through activities on total eclipses. Students will gain practice in math skills of rate and aspects of time by calculating the rate at which an eclipse occurs, allowing them to better conceptualize the eclipse. ]]> 2018-03-26 00:20:15 UTC https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245905146 colleen_perry3 https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245905386 Resources: Students can understand the impact of earthquakes on our daily lives by attempting to build an earthquake-resistant structure. We will simulate earthquake conditions on classroom surfaces, students must reason why their design will allow their structure to remain standing. ]]> 2018-03-26 00:22:15 UTC https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245905386 colleen_perry3 https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245905582 Resources/What I learned: Cartoon depiction of a solar eclipse, ask students if they can explain what is happening. ]]> 2018-03-26 00:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245905582 colleen_perry3 https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245905709 Resources/What I learned: Something students might enjoy during a unit on solar eclipses - ask them to describe what is happening]]> 2018-03-26 00:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245905709 colleen_perry3 https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245906000 Tools: Discusses/Illustrates different kinds of weather, provides explicit instruction on cloud formations.

]]> 2018-03-26 00:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/245906000 colleen_perry3 https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/256883747 Resources: This video has various clips of animals and the sounds that they make in the rainforest environment. It has labels for each type of animal translated into multiple languages and could provide for an interesting listening experience for the learner. ]]> 2018-05-01 14:56:05 UTC https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/256883747 colleen_perry3 https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/256884770 Tool: This app will allow students to enter into various environments - this one provides a look into how you might explore the arctic environment and interact with the different animals there. The students can utilize this to explore the environment and to interact with it using technology - this can be an independent process while other students are working on texts or other activities with the teacher. ]]> 2018-05-01 14:57:41 UTC https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/256884770 colleen_perry3 https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/257850376 Resources: The NE Aquarium has a program where trained individuals will do classroom visits with marine animals of all kinds - the tide pool visit allows students to physically interact and observe the animals while also interacting with professionals in the science field (museum workers)]]> 2018-05-03 21:27:43 UTC https://padlet.com/colleen_perry3/t20dwuzvu1bc/wish/257850376