Tue, Jul 25, 2017 9:19 PM in Project Based Learning in Fifth Grade Science Classroom
No. I don't like the county idea, which to me is boring. I think the engineering project allows them to apply all the content into a real world crisis and go through the entire engineering and design process and work in collaborative groups with assigned roles where each has a specific problem they consider. One may deal with chemistry, another with materials management, an integration role to ...
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Tue, Jul 25, 2017 8:43 PM in Project Based Learning in Fifth Grade Science Classroom
Yes I have done Project based learning. Our story line for our first unit is the Flint Michigan Water Crisis. In that unit we cover the concepts of global water issues, properties of water, Adams, the first 20 elements in the periodic table, chemical and physical changes all too demonstrate how when the project manager didn't add the required chemicals once they switch the water supply, that it ca...
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Sun, May 07, 2017 8:15 PM in Energy Flow Misconceptions
The biggest misconception is that matter cycles and energy flows. They think energy cycles. Instead, use the energy pyramid to show some energy is lost as one consumer eats the next. They also think plants don't use the energy they store for their own life functions.
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