This week, the students will learn more about the role of an agricultural engineer. We will be reading the book, "Mariana Becomes a Butterfly." The story's focus is solve Mariana's problem, her favorite flower is no longer growing fruit. Why is this happening? How can this problem be solved? The students will think like an agricultural engineer to create hand pollinators in the upcoming weeks.
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For the upcoming weeks, the students will be learning about the field of agricultural engineering. During this project the students will also recognize that insects are part of the natural world while they identify parts of a natural system. We will focus on pollination, and the students will learn that humans can engineer technologies to manage, replicate, or restore natural systems. As an introduction, the students learned, and reviewed the pollination system. To do this we read a poem, watched a funny video, sang a song, and watched pollination in action. What a lesson!
In the lab this week, the students analyzed the data that they collected during the OREO Challenge. Next, they solved and wrote their own word problems using key words. I have attached the video that was played Friday night at the Phoenix Science Center. It is a compilation of photos that were taken as the students completed the Jumping Bugs Project. The students are participating in a nationwide OREO stacking challenge. The map below shows the 150 schools that are participating so far. It is very exciting to participate in this challenge, and use real data to apply to mathematical applications! Before we begin the challenge, I start by sharing the data that has been collected so far. Even before we begin, the students have an opportunity to analyze data! The challenge is pretty basic, but it has some pretty specific rules. The stack is a single stack of cookies created by using one hand, without reorganizing as you go. The students love participating in this, and it is a wonderful opportunity to make data and information meaningful and engaging. |
AuthorMrs. Houseman-STEM Specialist Archives
May 2017
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