Ideas and Questions to Encourage Learners to Apply their Understanding and Do Science
Elaborate by giving learners opportunities to use the labels and definitions to apply this new knowledge to solve a problem, design a tool or model, carry out an investigation. These experiences might be part of an exploration or a performance assessment. These projects promote STEM thinking and learning.
Contact Mary Hatton for information about how to integrate these types projects into your science curriculum
and meet next generation science standards and the common core.
and meet next generation science standards and the common core.
EARTH SCIENCE
What’s the Weather? Build and Test Weather Tools Become a Meteorologist Using computer models Assist NASA Scientists as they document climate change Water Cycles What causes water to cycle? Observe a model and test questions. Rocks What's the mystery rock? Moon How does the moon change? LIFE SCIENCE
Living Things How would you design a habitat? Become a biologist: Study an organism! Adaptations What about Darwin's finches? What do bird beaks have to do with evolution? Design and test materials to create a seed outer covering to protect and disperse seeds. |
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
PROPERTIES OF MATTER
What is the mystery substance? How does water change? Can you design a way to keep ice in lemonade from melting? ENERGY
Electricity How would you build a super-electromagnet? Heat 'What could have caused Baby Bear's bowl of porridge to get cold first?' Sound How could you build an instrument to play three notes? Light Can you build a microscope or telescope? Can you design an oven using the sun? |