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Sponsored by Scholastic Magazine I was recently contacted by Scholastic Magazine and asked to come up with a creative lesson or idea using their DynaMath magazine, for students in grades 4-6. I was so excited and then panic set in immediately. My thoughts were, “How can I come up with an original idea for Scholastic?” They sent me the magazine and as soon as I opened it up, the ideas came pouring out. The magazine is full of high interest stories that are current, with amazing graphics and information. The stories include math connections, but can easily be used in other content areas including science, language arts, and social studies. We are using STEAM in my school and this magazine is a perfect fit. "DynaMath magazine makes math meaningful by applying curriculum-connected concepts to engaging, real-world topics. Your student will also get plenty of math practice with over 40 motivating problems in every issue (with 40 more online)! Subscriptions also include full access to DynaMath Online featuring instructional videos, learning games, printable skills sheets, and much more. Grades 4–6, Monthly." Go to their website and check it out at http://scholastic.com/dynamath. My Lesson The front cover of the November issue is a giant Pikachu and I knew which story I was going to highlight immediately. True confession…I may have become a little addicted to “Pokémon Go” over the summer and many of my fifth graders are still obsessed. I work in a Middle School setting and making connections with kids is important. What better way than something that they love? My topic was chosen, but I wanted to plan a lesson that connected to our curriculum. I started thinking about my current science and math standards. I wanted to teach something that we need to learn about. I sat with my teammate and we came up with so many ideas that we decided to plan a whole day of learning! I planned a STEAM lesson on “Gravity” and wanted to review decimal reading, writing and ordering decimals. My teaching partner teaches ELA & SS, she planned a poetry and grammar lesson. We set a date and planned our first annual Poke Day. Poke Day One of my favorite teaching hooks is dressing up. I look silly in my hat, but it is for the kids! This is a judgment free zone. (BTW...I could not take off my Pikachu hat due to severe hat head) The day started with our classes in one room. I bought a set of plastic figurines from Amazon. I had sorted them by color and listed the eight colors on the board: Red Yellow Brown Gray White Blue Purple Green The students picked a figurine based on their choice of color without looking. I wanted to keep it fair. (I removed Pikachu) I was surprised there were no complaints. Note: The figurines could be used in different math activities based on your grade level and current standards; making graphs, sorting based on type, making arrays, counting, and creating word problems, etc. DynaMath Magazine The students read the article, “Counting Pokémon” and discussed the game turning 20 and the changes in technology over the years. We have a huge span of reading levels and found the story perfect for all levels. The kids loved getting their magazines. They can’t wait to read the other selections with math practice. Next, the students were given a Pokémon Trading Template. They created their own Poke Cards. We used our Chrome books to research our characters and collected information. We compared and ordered the decimals of their characters' heights and weights. The students took string and measured the actual heights and could see that the drawings of characters are not to scale. Here are a few of the finished trading cards. We used Pokemon.com and went to their Pokedex tab.(Make sure this website is available in your school) If not, Google the name of the character and a photo and facts will show up. If students do not know the character, have them ask an expert in class, I had two. You can also search by colors on the Internet, with photos for names. We broke into two groups for the next activities. Some kids wrote poetry and went on a Poke Hunt in ELA (sorry no photos) and the other half built parachutes used the engineering design process in my room. Then we traded off classes. The trading card and poetry sheets are available on my TPT store for free. Click here for link. Poke Parachutes I had taught a lesson on air resistance the day before our Poke Day and modeled all materials in a wind tunnel. I dropped samples of materials and my students observed the air resistance. The students wrote down the materials they wanted to use and sketched their designs. We have used the designed process several times this year. The Parachute STEAM lesson is available for free on my TPT store here. Click here for link. The task: to design a parachute that will get your Pokemon to the ground safely. (we discussed that safely means slowest) We jumped right into the parachute building. The materials were laid out. We spent about 30 minutes building, testing and redesigning. Both classes were engaged and love STEAM challenges. Once both classes were finished we took them to our back entrance that has a big foyer. We had them drop them off the second floor railing. Students worked in pairs and recorded their times using stopwatches. They were beyond excited. We used decimals and ordered their times. (I wish I could share my videos) Here are samples of their data sheets: I will have my students complete a reflection sheet next week about our day. Learning should be fun and meaningful. This was a day that I hope they will always remember. Do You Use Scholastic Magazines? The day was a great success and I want to give a big shout out to Scholastic Magazine. This was my first experience with DynaMath magazine and would love to have this in my classroom on a monthly basis. It would liven up many of my math lessons and the articles would make the real-life connections. No more "Why are we learning this?" Scholastic Magazines is hosting a #SmartTeachingTips contest for teachers to develop your own creative ideas on how to incorporate Scholastic Magazines into the classroom! You could win a $200 gift card from the Scholastic Teacher Store! Share your #SmartTeachingTips for how you use Scholastic magazines creatively in your classroom. Tell us about it on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or Instagram, and include a photo or video. Be sure to use #SmartTeachingTips. Three winners will be chosen based on outstanding creativity. Each winner will receive a $200 gift card to the Scholastic Teacher store. We’re excited to see your ideas! Follow Scholastic Teachers on social media to learn more. Other Great Offers from Scholastic Printables – 30 Day Free Trial Scholastic Printables offer teachers full access to our online database of over 20,000 amazing activities, engaging lesson plans, and other incredible teacher-created resources for grades PreK-6. Try it free for 30 days by clicking here. Scholastic Magazines - Promotional Code Scholastic Magazines are the most affordable and exciting way to bring current, curriculum connected nonfiction into your classroom. To save 40%, mention code “2905” when ordering. Call 1-800-SCHOLASTIC or visit www.scholastic.com/magazines. Good luck on the contest and enjoy these great offers from Scholastic!
Virtual dissections can be a huge help in teaching science, biology, physiology and anatomy. Here are some of the best resources for your lessons and labs.
The best kind of kindergarten STEM challenge is one that has children working together to find a solution to a fun, engaging problem using simple supplies that don't take lots of prep time. Enter The Floor is Lava STEM activity for kindergarteners. It's so simple, you can do it with preschoolers too! Don't forget to
LEARN about the STEM to STEAM movement. Let's include art in the science, technology, engineering, and math movement. A real crisis is leaving the ARTS out.
I decided to take on my own challenge of incorporating a STEM activity every day for a week. It turned out to be a huge success where both my students and I had a blast. Here were the various …
A whole month of daily low-prep STEAM activities for kids. You are going to love all of the low-prep STEAM activities that we have in store!
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Hello Everyone! It is so nice to have time to put some finishing touches on a couple of units that we have coming up! Another historical figure we will study after Eleanor Roosevelt is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As a nation we celebrate his life daily! Thank you Dr. King! Officially we celebrate on the third Monday of January. I have posted about our activities before, but I went through and cleaned up, and added to my unit. Here are some pics from the updated unit! If you would like the 30 page free printable unit CLICK HERE!! :) My second offering for today is a unit our curriculum team worked on this summer. We had fun integrating reading and social studies and are finding it a natural way to teach and get everything in. This next unit is about other important historical figures. It includes posters about Alexander Graham Bell, Ben Franklin, Thomas Edison, Garrett Morgan, and Richard Allen along with reading strategy practice activities. It also includes an invention home project packet for kids. The unit ended up to be over 50 pages! I am excited to include this unit in our curriculum in a few weeks!! Here are a few pics from the unit! For your free 52 page Inventors Unit CLICK HERE!! :) So glad I had time to share these endeavors! Hope you can use at least parts of either one! It is my joy to be able to share and help your journey in the classroom or homefront become a little less stressful. As always, please let me know if this is something you can use, if there are any typos or problems, and if you would like to see something else in particular on this little blog. I hear from teachers and parents from all over the world, and I am so grateful for all of you!! Joyfully! Nancy
The biggest barrier to teaching coding is the misconception that it is another skill that needs to be taught. In reality, coding is simply a tool that can be leveraged to teach standards in a more powerful, creative, and connected way!
This is part 2 of a 6 part hands-on unit on Inventions and Simple Machines. Build and test catapults, lift an adult using a lever, test out screws of various threads, and more! My lessons are geared toward 3rd-4th grade level children and their siblings. These are lessons I created to do with a weekly homeschool co-op. We meet each week for 2 1/2 hours and have 13 children between the ages of 1-13. Use these fun lessons with your classroom, family, after school program, camp, or co-op!
Fun and engaging ESL activities, games and worksheets in printable PDF format with full teacher's notes and answers for English teachers to use in class.
If I were in Harry Potter World, I would expand time between when I teach Volumes of Revolution and the AP Exam. This way, I could do a hands on project to actually embed the knowledge in the student brains. But alas, I'm just stuck with regular old days and a time-crunched teacher and students who are teenagers. This year, I had my students do this project for the days they were in class. It's the first time I've done it, so I made notes in my document for when the inevitable things went wrong this year that I want to improve upon for next attempt of this project: You'll be shocked to learn that students can't convert between ruler tick marks and decimal numbers. SHOCKED, I tell you. You will also be floored by the fact that directions are for "other people", when you are doing a project, you should just keep asking about the next step. Anyway, I liked how they turned out: It was a good mix of freedom for their creativity, an in-depth practice of regression and degrees of polynomials and piecewise functions and graphing. It was a sad awareness of just how shallow some of the students' knowledge was of how to find a volume of revolution. I don't have a grading rubric (everyone is a winner!), but I think I may add one next time.
With this collection of resources, you can teach your students to code—even if you’re still learning yourself.
Computer science can be explored by even the youngest of learners. This is increasingly being recognized by many districts, and teachers are participating in a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries called "The Hour of Code". This packet includes a week-long schedule of suggested activities for participation among K-2 students. Each recommended "plugged-in" activity is easily accessible by following the hyperlinks provided, as well as free of charge for use. Everything you need for the 3 main activities is included and carefully outlined. Here is a description of the 3 main activities included: Student Robots- In this interactive partner game, students will move like robots while being “coded” by either a friend or the classroom teacher. Includes projectable directions (PDF), a step-by-step how-to craftivity, as well as 12x18 printable arrows for support with directonality. ***Up and Down arrows added on as per a buyer's request! Color by Code- For this interactive partner game, students will sit back-to-back while attempting to reveal a secret letter or number. Includes projectable directions (PDF), 12 printable game/challenge cards, and a printable recording sheet. Write the Code- For this independent challenge, students will be required to develop their own code in order to solve a problem. Includes projectable directions (PDF), and 6 different printable worksheet challenges. If you purchase this packet, please leave a rating and feedback below. Also, be sure to come back soon and check out our store, PB&J, for more Primary Based files that are Joyful for teachers and students!
Use the Binary Alphabet for this fun binary code Christmas Ornament for Christmas coding activities your kids will love.
This elementary coding activity introduces the basics of computer programming. Perfect for Hour of Code in the classroom or at home for PK-5
A round up of over 15 great STEAM projects – where math concepts are used to make pieces of art!
A fun Scratch Jr lesson for kids is exploring the Set Speed coding block. It adjusts the rate a character moves, spins, grows, or shrinks. Follow these suggestions to discover how it can be used to build simple scripts.
Coding binary alphabet with LEGO is an easy and screen-free coding activity for kids. Using your child's beloved LEGO blocks, your kids can code the letters of the alphabet in 0's and 1's.
You might think that STEM activities for high school students are difficult to come by but if you're willing to look a little deeper, there are plenty of fun STEM activities for you to choose from.
Coding games and activities on the computer is a great way to teach your Code Club the fundamentals of coding and get them involved in creative and imaginative ways of thinking. Although learning…
