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Weather Watchers!

4/13/2020

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This week, encourage your young learners to observe natural systems by watching, recording, and noticing patterns of weather!  In 1st grade, students are asked to obtain, evaluate, and communicate weather data to identify weather patterns (S1E1).  The weather changes dramatically during the springtime, making this a great weekly focus! Students will be using their knowledge about wind in order to construct a kite from home materials. They will be combining 2 dimensional shapes to create a new composite shape for their creative kites (MGSE1.G.2).

Materials you will need: paper, straws, string, and markers or crayons
**If available, you can also use the following materials during construction: a ruler, tissue paper, plastic wrap, cardboard, ribbon 

Here's a great place to start- A BOOK! Please share this book with your child.
Now, let's check out a weather game!  Can you pick the right clothes to fit the weather outside? Click on the picture to visit the website.
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This week, encourage your young one to keep a weather journal for each day (you may use the one pictured here as a guide, or come up with your own format!).  Have them draw pictures or write words that represent what the weather looks and feels like.  Want to take it a step further?  Teach your child to either use a thermometer at home, or use an online tool (like this one) to look up the temperature for each day and record that information in their journals as well.  Help them use their journals to try and notice patterns by the end of the week. 

Ready for a weather-themed STEM challenge?  HERE WE GO!
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This week, students will be creating their very best wind-catching kite!  This can happen over several days and have many different iterations.  Ask your child what shapes they think will best catch the wind?  Encourage them to put a few different shapes together to create their final design.  Allow them to brainstorm some ideas.  Give them any materials you can from around your home so that students can create their kites.  Now go outside and give them a try!  Evaluate: what worked well and what didn't?  Can part of the design be changed to catch more wind?  Give students a chance to improve their kites, or maybe even try and totally different design altogether. Good Luck! 

...and try your best to keep this song from playing on repeat in your head all week! Have fun!
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K-2 STEM Enrichment Choice Board - March 28-April 3

3/26/2020

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Inspired By Nature: Leaf Drawings & Rubbings

3/25/2020

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This week we will encourage our young learners to explore the natural world by collecting, sorting and making observations about leaves.  In the primary grades students are asked to construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants can be grouped according to their features,  (SKL2).  They are also asked to count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count, (MGSEK.MD.3). 

Materials you will need: paper, markers, crayons.

As always, we'll start with a great book to read aloud with your child.  
Next let's play a sorting game with leaves online.  
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Now that we've explored counting and sorting leaves online, let's go outside and collect our own leaves. While outside, have your child use a digital device to take a photo of a couple of leaves they like.

​Let's try to find at least 10 different leaves to count and sort.
Safety Note: Familiarize yourself with poison ivy prior to touching any leaves. 
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Bring the leaves inside or on the porch.  Encourage your child to sort the leaves into different groups by: 
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  • color - green & not green
  • shape - round & not round, pointed & not pointed or skinny & not skinny
  • texture - fuzzy & not fuzzy, soft & not soft, or sharp & not sharp 
  • or any way your child can think of sorting 

​Make sure to count the number of leaves in each group.  You can even record these data if you like.

Finally, let's create some artwork using our favorite leaves.  We're going to explore the best techniques to create leaf rubbings.  Ask your child how we can capture the shape and design of a leaf on paper using markers and crayons? Allow them to brainstorm some ideas.  Next use their ideas to create leaf prints.  Evaluate: discuss what worked and what didn't work well.  Watch the video below to see how this artist does leaf rubbings.  Can you improve your leaf rubbings/drawings?
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