Now that the student's drums have been created and tested, the kindergarten students are creating digital presentations to share their knowledge. They are using an app called ShowMe. In the app, the students are adding pictures of themselves with their drums, text to describe their learning, and finally, they will add a narrative to describe the process and their learning.
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The kindergarten students were challenged to create two drums that produce a high and a low sound. As the students worked in pairs, they predicted which shape and size of tube would produce the higher sound, and which would produce the lower sound. They drew their predictions, created, decorated, and finally tested their drums.
The students were introduced to the iPads recently. They will be using them to create digital presentations of their work. The objective of this lesson was for students to understand how to care for the iPads, understand the expectations, and to familiarize themselves with the function of the device's buttons and switches. After the lesson, the students wrote or drew about the new expectations, and then explored all of the fun apps installed.
Last week, the kindergarten classes began exploring sound. The students learned that sound is created when something vibrates. They observed a meter stick vibrating, and were able to identify and explain what it means to vibrate. The classes also observed as a tuning fork was struck and then placed into a pan of water. Their reaction was priceless as they watched the vibrations splash the water out of the pan. The pictures below show the students working hard as they explore other vibrations.
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AuthorMrs. Houseman-STEM Specialist Archives
May 2017
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