Exploring with Magnets
Summary The lesson started with students doing an open exploration of magnets in the classroom and creating a chart about what they discovered. Students were …
CategoryElementary School
Where in the World is Ernie?
Summary I met with my ITRT and discussed my desire of having students research and really stretch their critical thinking cross ciricularly. After batting a …
Deserted Island Survivors – 4453
Summary Suppose you were on a boat with several peers in the middle of the ocean and a hurricane blows the boat off course. Your …
Keeping Hot Chocolate Hot! – 4529
Summary It is a cold day in January. How can we keep our hot chocolate warm in cold weather? The students worked collaboratively using the …
Surviving Superstorm Sandy – 4528
Summary Students were presented with the task of creating a new home for various animals left homeless by recent Superstorm Sandy. After conducting research on …
What Really Matters – 4532
Summary Through independent research and the guide of STEM ideaology, the students will engage in cooperative learning using available technology to gain a deeper understanding …
Reader’s Theater Plus – 4535
Summary Sound design is the art of creating sounds to invoke emotion and mood in a production. In order to understand this concept, students listened …
Mysteries & Mayhem – 4539
Summary The rotation stations in this lesson are culminating activities after our unit of reading and writing mysteries as a whole class, with small groups, …
Adaptations and Animal Relationships
Summary Students will collaborate with at least one partner (chosen by the teacher) using their choice of technology/materials to create a model demonstrating an understanding …
What Element Am I? – 4540
Summary Students were learning about the periodic table and asked many questions about the elements we use everyday or that sounded familiar to them. This …