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Susan Shonle

Sid the Science Kid . Parents and Teachers | PBS Kids - 1 views

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Grade K K.1.1 Physical Science pbs math investigate backyard leaves

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      Susan Shonle on 11 Feb 12
       
      Adaptations: Connect science with math by making patterns with the leaves (such as green, brown, green, brown) or by arranging them from smallest to largest in size. Adaptations:  Let ESL and Special Ed students keep a journal of drawings of leaves.  Students can also pair-share their findings as they explore together.
  • Susan Shonle on 11 Feb 12
     
    Leaf Investigators: Backyard Science - purpose to explore and learn This activity uses categorization skills to sort the leaves by shape, color and size.   Materials: Leaves, small bag for leaves, and magnifying glasses (optional)
thennessy

Cyberchase . For Parents & Teachers . Lessons & Activities | PBS Kids - 1 views

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grade 2 grade 3 math operation

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  • thennessy on 03 Feb 12
     
    CCS: 2.NBT.5 Great game for reviewing and practicing addition skills, but incorporates some reasoning and logical thinking skills as well.
thennessy

ZOOM . activities . sci . Biome in a Baggie | PBS Kids - 2 views

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life science biomes

shared by thennessy on 16 Feb 12 - Cached
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      Liz Dilts on 16 Feb 12
       
      4.3.3 Design investigations to explore how organisms meet some of their needs by responding to stimuli from their environments.4.3.4 Describe a way that a given plant or animal might adapt to a change arising from a human or non-human impact on its environment. Differentiation: Have ELL students record their biome's progress and changes using a picture graph.
  • Liz Dilts on 16 Feb 12
     
    In this activity, students will make a mini biome in the bottom of a one liter bottle.  Students will be able to plant a seed and give it certain nutrients to watch it grow, adapt, and change to its environment. 
  • thennessy on 18 Feb 12
     
    state standard: 1.3.2 Great way to keep kids interested over a long period of time. The kids are excited to see what their biome is doing/ how things are frowing. You can explain that everything the plant needs to grow is in the biome. A enrichment idea off this activity would be to try and simulate the different conditions in each biome to an enviornment that is in our world (desert vs rainforest) and see how that affects each biome.
Liz Dilts

ZOOM . activities . sci . Balloon Blast-Off | PBS Kids - 1 views

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Grade 6 Science Engineering Technology 6.4.2

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      Liz Dilts on 16 Feb 12
       
      6.4.2 Construct a simple device that uses potential or kinetic energy to perform work. Differentiation: Gifted students could go a step further and cover the next standard "6.4.3 Describe the transfer of energy amongst energy interactions" and do a write up on how energy was transferred during this activity
  • Liz Dilts on 16 Feb 12
     
    This is a familiar activity!  This fun activity teaches students about harnessing potential and kinetic energy!  Very good for students who need to learn or like to work in teams!  Also would be fun on a family night.
Liz Dilts

ZOOM . activities . sci . Heat Saving Device | PBS Kids - 1 views

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Grade 5 Science Engineering Technology 5.4.2

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      Liz Dilts on 16 Feb 12
       
      5.4.2 Investigate the purpose of prototypes and models when designing a solution to a problem and how limitations in cost and design features might affect their construction. Differentiation: For special needs students to practice their life skills, give them a Wal-Mart or grocery store add and help them look up the price of one roll of aluminum foil.  Then, help them look up the price of a newspaper.  Assist students in deciding which material was more cost effective, and which material worked the best.  Take a vote on which you would use.
  • Liz Dilts on 16 Feb 12
     
    This activity is unique because it combines science with a practical application that provides a solution to a problem. In this activity, students will be put a small bowl of hot oatmeal into a plastic baggie, test the temperature, and seal it.  Then students will place three sheets of aluminum foil or three sheets of newspaper over the baggie.  After 15 minutes the students will re-test the temperature using a thermometer and discover which material saved heat!
Liz Dilts

ZOOM . activities . sci . Compost | PBS Kids - 1 views

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grade 2 Life Science 2.3.1

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      Liz Dilts on 16 Feb 12
       
      2.3.1 Observe closely over a period of time and then record in pictures and words the changes in plants and animals throughout their life cycles-including details of their body plan, structure and timing of growth, reproduction and death. Differentiation: Have ELL students keep a picture journal of drawings of their compost 2 times a week.  Observe the changes over time.
  • Liz Dilts on 16 Feb 12
     
    This activity is an awesome life science experiment that students can use for the rest of their lives- making compost! Compost is a great way to deal with waste that often ends up in landfills.  In this activity students will watch different kinds of vegetation decompose and turn into rich, useful soil! This could even be used for a class or school garden!
  • Susie Beesley on 19 Feb 12
     
    Great idea for true life applications! (Literally...life science!)
Liz Dilts

ZOOM . activities . sci . Sock Seeds | PBS Kids - 1 views

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Grade 3 Life Science 3.3.1 3.3.2

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      Liz Dilts on 16 Feb 12
       
      3.3.1 Identify the common structures of a plant including its roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds. Describe their functions.3.3.2 Investigate plant growth over time, take measurements in SI units, record the data and display the data in graphs. Examine factors that might influence plant growth. Differentiation: Have gifted and special needs students come up with a creative way to display their plant's structures.  This can be oral, artistic, acted out, etc...
  • Liz Dilts on 16 Feb 12
     
    Using household items such as a shoebox, plastic wrap, potting soil, and an old sock, students can grow their own plants! Students will tae care of their plants and chart the plant's progress and changes. They will also analyze their plant's structures and compare their common structures with other plants while discussing their purpose.
thennessy

ZOOM . activities . sci . Germinator | PBS Kids - 1 views

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life science germination

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  • thennessy on 18 Feb 12
     
    state standard: 2.3.1
Liz Dilts

ZOOM . activities . sci . Salt Pendulum | PBS Kids - 2 views

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grade 2 Physical Science 2.1.3 2.1.4 2.1.5 2.1.6

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      Liz Dilts on 16 Feb 12
       
      2.1.3. Predict and experiment with methods (e.g. sieving, evaporation) to separate solids and liquids based on their physical properties.2.1.4 Observe, sketch, demonstrate and compare how objects can move in different ways (e.g., straight, zig-zag, back-and-forth, rolling, fast and slow).2.1.5 Describe the position or motion of an object relative to a point of reference (e.g., background, another object).2.1.6 Observe, demonstrate, sketch and compare how applied force (i.e., push or pull) changes the motion of objects. Differentiation: Instead of writing out a hypothesis, have special education students draw the designs or what they predict will happen to the salt when they swing their pendulum.
  • Liz Dilts on 16 Feb 12
     
    Using paper, string, and salt, students will create a cone out of the paper that will act as their pendulum.  They will swing the pendulum so it just touches the pile of salt and watch the designs it makes.  Students can change the pendulum's direction to see if that changes the design.
Liz Dilts

ZOOM . activities . sci . Butter | PBS Kids - 2 views

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Grade 1 Physical Science 1.1.2 1.1.3

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      Liz Dilts on 16 Feb 12
       
      1.1.2 Characterize materials as solid or liquid, investigate their properties, record observations and explain the choices to others based on evidence (i.e., physical properties). 1.1.3  Experiment with simple methods for separating solids and liquids based on their physical properties. Differentiation: Gifted students could do extended research on how people used to make butter in the pioneer days.  Have them note what was similar to how they made butter, and what was different.
  • Liz Dilts on 16 Feb 12
     
    In this activity, students will shake heavy cream in a jar to watch a liquid turn into a solid-butter!  This is a very simple, yet exciting project that can then be eaten later!
  • Susie Beesley on 19 Feb 12
     
    I remember doing this as a child in school. We spread it on saltine crackers because the teacher said that it needed a little salt to make it taste better.
Susan Shonle

Animal Smarts - Science Secrets! - Kids' Science Challenge: Fun Educational National Co... - 1 views

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Grade 5-8 5.4.7 Science animal

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      Susan Shonle on 12 Feb 12
       
      Extensions: This activity can connect Science to LA using a writing prompt. Adaptations:  Gifted students can write a short essay on how an animal can use a tool to solve a problem.  Teacher would allow time for research (tool-using animals at PBS.org).  ESL & Special Ed students can draw a picture of an animal using a tool to solve a problem.  Teacher would pair up students for the research phase.
  • Susan Shonle on 12 Feb 12
     
    Crow Creativity: 5th Grade / Can you solve a problem as creatively as a crow?  Download PDF 1. Build a tricky tube puzzle to find out if your friends can solve a problem like a crow. A clear plastic tube is best, but a paper towel roll, cut down to about 8 inches, will work too. 2. Make a basket out of tin foil. The basket should be big enough to hold a small cookie. 3. Tear some strips off a roll of duct tape. Lay the roll of tape flat on a table and fit the tube inside the center of the duct tape roll. Then use the duct tape strips to tape the tube in place so that the tube stays upright. Tape along the side. Do not cover the openings of the tube in tape. 4. Put a cookie in your basket and drop the basket into the tube so it goes to the bottom of the tube with the handle facing up. 5. Place about 5 twist ties or a piece of long metal wire next to your tube. 6. Find a friend to solve this problem. Tell your friend that there is a cookie at the bottom of the tube. Your friend can have the cookie but has to get the cookie out of the tube first without lifting up the tube. If you are using a paper towel roll, let your friend look inside the tube to see how it's set up.  Supplies: See Downloadable PDF
  • Susan Shonle on 16 Feb 12
     
    Upper elementary students to middle school students could create a trick tube or similar experiment that a friend or critter (squirrel) has to solve.
Ashley Stewart

ZOOM . activities . sci . Counting Bugs | PBS Kids - 1 views

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1.3.1 Life Science Classifying Bugs Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4

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      Ashley Stewart on 09 Feb 12
       
      1.3.1. "Classify living organisms according to variations in specific physical features (e.g., body coverings, appendages) and describe how those features may provide an advantage for survival in different environments." This activity can be modified for ELL students by having them draw pictures of the bugs they find, rather than writing words or numbers. This can also be adjusted for older groups by having them classify animals they see, which could include mammals, insects, fish, etc. They could also describe many other characteristics, such as the types of food these animals or insects eat.
  • Ashley Stewart on 09 Feb 12
     
    Students observe different bugs found in nature, and record their characteristics (number of legs, the presence of wings, etc.). The students can then draw their own conclusions about the types of bugs found.
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