Kelsey Thomas

Mon, Apr 13, 2020 3:57 PM
Layer-cake Earth

1. I had a few reasons why I decided to add this article to my collections, for instance, this is a very creative and interactive lesson to teach about the different layers of the earth and adding different food items to represent different fossils under the earth's surface. Also, this takes me back to actually doing something pretty similar to this activity when I was in elementary school. 2. Something that I learned from reading this article is learning about stratigraphy which is the study of sediment layers. Another thing that I learned about while reading this article is that another thing you could do with this activity is with older students is have them take "core samples." 3. When thinking about what TEKS I would use with the layer-cake earth is 6.10A (10) Earth and space. The student understands the structure of Earth, the rock cycle, and plate tectonics. The student is expected to: (A) build a model to illustrate the compositional and mechanical layers of Earth, including the inner core, outer core, mantle, crust, asthenosphere, and lithosphere; With this TEK I would have students create their own model of the earth after we did the layer cake as a class. 4. After reading the entire article I really enjoy reading about this pretty neat interactive activity about the layers of the earth. It also describes each layer and the ingredients that I would need to create the cake to make sure my students understand each part. I think my students would enjoy this activity and it could be an easy way to teach a lesson like this and introduce them to creating their own earth models.

Mon, Apr 13, 2020 3:57 PM
Layer-Cake Earth

1. I had a few reasons why I decided to add this article to my collections, for instance, this is a very creative and interactive lesson to teach about the different layers of the earth and adding different food items to represent different fossils under the earth's surface. Also, this takes me back to actually doing something pretty similar to this activity when I was in elementary school. 2. Something that I learned from reading this article is learning about stratigraphy which is the study of sediment layers. Another thing that I learned about while reading this article is that another thing you could do with this activity is with older students is have them take "core samples." 3. When thinking about what TEKS I would use with the layer-cake earth is 6.10A (10) Earth and space. The student understands the structure of Earth, the rock cycle, and plate tectonics. The student is expected to: (A) build a model to illustrate the compositional and mechanical layers of Earth, including the inner core, outer core, mantle, crust, asthenosphere, and lithosphere; With this TEK I would have students create their own model of the earth after we did the layer cake as a class. 4. After reading the entire article I really enjoy reading about this pretty neat interactive activity about the layers of the earth. It also describes each layer and the ingredients that I would need to create the cake to make sure my students understand each part. I think my students would enjoy this activity and it could be an easy way to teach a lesson like this and introduce them to creating their own earth models.

Mon, Apr 13, 2020 3:27 PM
Hunting for Energy

1. There are a few reasons why I choose to put this article within my collection. For example, while reading the article this activity can be modified to fit any age or grade level. With being able to modify these different activities to introduce the different forms of energy or how the energy can be transferred to other forms of energy. Also, the energy scavenger hunt could start inside the classroom to the hallways and finally outside on the playground. 2. While reading this article, I really enjoyed learning about setting up energy transfer stations. Within the transfer stations, they will be able to look at the day to day items that they see or handle. For example, how a simple flashlight when turning it on causes different energy to transfer throughout the flashlight. 3. When thinking about what types of TEKS I could do for hunting for energy, of course, when looking at the transfer stations would be 6.9A, B and C. Which all three TEKS work with understanding how different energy gets transferred from simply turning them on or when temperature increases or decreases. Another TEK that could play a part for the scavenger hunt would be for 3rd-grade TEK 3.6A which is the student is expected to: explore different forms of energy, including mechanical, light, sound, and thermal in everyday life. 4. After completing the article I completely agree with everything that it talks about the different ways that students can "hunt for energy." Also how they have created different activities that can be modified for any age or grade level to make sure that they understand the different forms of energy.