This week, kindergarten students were observing, and using scientific tools! The class began with a discussion about plants, and what they need to survive. As a group, they were able to identify water, sun, and soil. We discussed the word observe, and performed an experiment to practice our observation skills. The students know that flowers need water. The question I asked the students to think about is, what will happen if we put flowers in colorful water? The students discussed the possible results, and shared that the flower may die, there may be an explosion, and the flower may change color. It was an exciting transformation! Next, the students were introduced to scientific tools, and practiced using them safely and correctly. They used droppers, and magnifying glasses to further observe the flowers.
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This week, the classes reviewed shapes with a Lego shape challenge. The student's in Mrs. Bull's class began the challenge by reviewing all of the two dimensional shapes they could name. To my surprise, the students were able to identify and describe squares, rectangles, triangles, circles, ovals, hexagons, octagons, pentagons, and a trapezoids! WOW! As the students were building, the students also discussed three dimensional shapes. They learned so much from each other! After the class reviewed the shapes, they went to their seats to begin building. The students were very creative in their use of the Legos, and explored the idea of making a circle. In the beginning, we discussed the type of lines used in a circle, and the students agreed it was not possible, but one student did not give up! He found "special" pieces to create a circle!! After each student created a shape or two, we met on the star carpet to order their creations from smallest to largest. The students discussed the organization of the order, and took turns moving the pieces until they were correctly placed from smallest to largest. It was interesting to watch this process. The students have different ideas of what "large" meant. Some explained that the length determined the size, and other explained that the height of the object helped them determine the size.
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AuthorMrs. Houseman-STEM Specialist Archives
May 2017
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