Hi again! I hope everyone is staying healthy while we are not in school. I have included different lessons this week with the same format. I have put the Maker Stations posting from a previous blog in this blog as well as a reminder to complete 3 activities. I also added a science experiment at the end that a friend of mine put on YouTube. If you do the experiment home, write a couple sentences about what happened and or how you would change or improve the experiment. Please feel free to email me flemink@dearbornschools.org
Storyline Online is a great STEAM resource for parents and children to do at home. There is no login and the story is read to students. Storyline Online has an activity guide section for teachers and parents with many STEAM activities relating to the story. This week I have included the parent activity guide which gives discussion questions and ideas on how to create projects with recycled materials just like we do in class. The possibilities are endless.
Mystery Science is a science resource we use. You should be able to click on the links to get to the lessons.
Brain pop is another good science resource. Students can take the quiz at the end of the lesson. There are also other activities they can do corresponding to the lesson. The site also contains lessons from other subject areas. They have given us free access for schools that are closed. User name – flemink – password – Whitmore2020
Week 2 – All grades – Here Comes the Garbage Barge https://www.storylineonline.net/books/garbage-barge/
Parent activity guide – https://www.storylineonline.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/GarbageBarge_FamilyActivityGuide.pdf
Young 5’s and Kindergarten – Mystery Science –https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/animals-laugh?code=c0e9d08a82b907d34cef838ac6720634#slide-id-7575
Young 5’s and Kindergarten – BrainPop –https://jr.brainpop.com/science/animals/mammals/
1st grade – Mystery Science –https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/dragons?code=cf7a9a0ab6fa36bc31be318b24221f4f#slide-id-5267
1st grade – BrainPop –https://jr.brainpop.com/science/animals/mammals/
2nd grade – Mystery Science –https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/unicorns?code=1c33391421483694d6ab186c19eaca37
2nd grade – BrainPophttps://jr.brainpop.com/science/land/soil/
3rd grade – Mystery Science –https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/dangerous-animal?code=86ab49c8a91e48e7a84895c1e26cf9fe
3rd grade – BrainPop –https://www.brainpop.com/science/forcesofnature/floods/
4th grade Mystery Science –https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/earthquakes?code=a89c0b69643bbdfa1913c6e0566da03a#slide-id-5912
4th grade – BrainPop –https://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/electricity/
5th grade Mystery Science –https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/glow-in-the-dark?code=89057a760fc5daa3852282ceba6b6837
5th grade – BrainPop –https://www.brainpop.com/science/ourfragileenvironment/humansandtheenvironment/
Maker Stations
I am including the Maker Stations in this blog post again so you can continue to work on these at home. Brooke Brown has created a free pack of 15 Maker Stations for three weeks of at-home learning. Each Maker Station includes simple challenges using items around the home, scannable QR code resources, and a student recording sheet. Enjoy the activities! You can do them all but please complete at least 3 total over the next month. Bring the student reflection and recording sheets (the page with the blueprint) to school when we get back so I can see what you did. Another option would be to take a picture of your finished projects and send to my email: flemink@dearbornschools.org
Elijah has already turned in several. Here are a few pictures of his work.
Science Experiment – Here is a link to a science experiment “pop bottle science” that a member of our district enrichment team posted on YouTube if you want to try this at home. Let me know how it turns out! Write a couple sentences about what happened and or how you would change or improve the experiment.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ox1uzpKMV4
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