Julie Glass
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
MD

The Ripple Effect

Sun, Sep 25, 2016 12:56 PM
Integrating Art & Science to Teach Water Cycle

This journal article lays out a highiy creative multi-day approach to teaching the water cycle, built around Thomas Locker's book, The Water Dance. The lesson plan assumes that students have already had some exposure to water study (e.g. the importance of water; the water cycle). It facilitates exploration of those concepts through the arts. Students connect their scientific understandings to the gorgeous text and images contained in Locker's book. They also have an opportunity to do their own creative writings - and express their understandings through drama. Great ideas for an arts based curriculum!

A Drop Through Time

Sun, Sep 25, 2016 12:32 PM
Excellent Observational Approach To Water Cycle

This article presents a dynamic "do-talk-do" approach to the study of the water cycle: precipitation, evaporation and condensation. Students are provided an opportunity to observe, develop theories, test theories and learn about what happens to water in its various stages. The lesson is designed to culminate in a written assessment that could be tied to other parts of the curriculum (e.g. creative writing or narrative writing).