I hope you are all doing well today and staying healthy at home 🙂
I am going to add a few simple science experiments and activities that you can do at home this week or next.
This one is called “Magic Milk” and it’s from one of my favorite bloggers/educators Little Bins for Little Minds. You need Milk, dawn soap, Qtips and food coloring! The directions are on this link with a video as well!
Now that we are coming close to ending week 2 of distance learning, I wanted to share some of my OWN personal experiences and what I have seen from some of my students!
Mrs. Stetz’s Family: We have been diving right into distance learning and have had MANY bumps along the way. With three boys at home ages 9, 5 and 2, it feels like I take one step forward and 5 steps back! We have managed a “somewhat” schedule with math and Literacy on MWF and Literacy, writing and science Tues and Thurs. I also have to remind myself that the way my kids are learning is different and there will be mistakes, new experiences and time. Same with the way I support students at my schools and what I have been doing. I do know that my kids are missing school and their own friends and amazing teachers, but we will be back in the swing of things soon 🙂
Students: My Lego maze activity was a hit at my house and a family that I received these awesome pictures from!! These are the Szasz boys from Long Elementary! What an awesome job and great mazes! I love seeing student work and faces during this shutdown! Send me pictures to stetzk@dearbornschools.org or on class dojo!
GUESS THE MYSTERY ANIMAL: Observe the close up photograph of the mystery animal. Look carefully for clues on what the animal could be. Then write your prediction in the comment section below. Include a Claim and your evidence. I am including some sentence stems to get you started.
CLAIM: I predict the mystery animal is ____________.
EVIDENCE: I observed the animal had ______________________________.That is why I predict the animal is ______________________________because______________.
Data Directions for Science Activities: 1. Draw & label your observations. 2. Then write a claim and evidence about what you noticed.
Example: Claim: Spring is almost here. Evidence: The weather is getting warmer and I noticed that the grass is starting to turn green.
Challenge: How can you write about signs of spring that you are noticing? Be sure to use your senses of sight, hearing, touch, and smell to make your observations.Â
Idea #2
PBS Design squad spinner: click on the items you have at home. Spin. Get ideas on what you can build with them. Then come of with ideas of your own.
Fun Stay at Home activities : 8 STEM activities to try out!
I will be putting together google documents to upload to google classroom and classdojo by tomorrow (3/16). On this sheet will be links to websites that give easy, at home STEM challenges and science lessons that can be done on the computer. Please stay safe and healthy 🙂
I will continue to add enrichment work throughout the weeks on google classroom! Please be checking google classroom! Everyone, please be safe and I will see all of you face to face in a few weeks ready to imagine, create and dream!
