Constructing 9 Natural Cycle Wheels

The activity described in this article is titled “The Medicine Wheel”. A paper plate and some simple classroom tools will help create nine wheels that explain natural cycles for students in... See More

The activity described in this article is titled “The Medicine Wheel”. A paper plate and some simple classroom tools will help create nine wheels that explain natural cycles for students in PreK through fifth grade. Some of the wheels relate to day and night, life cycles, simplified rock cycles and more. Teachers are provided with a sample dialogs to engage students in when using these wheels. These are quick, useful, learning activities to use to introduce these natural cycles on Earth.

What Goes Around Comes Around and Around

This article shows teachers how to use Medicine Wheels to teach natural cycles. First an explanation of the Native American medicine wheel is provided. Then the article provides instructio... See More

This article shows teachers how to use Medicine Wheels to teach natural cycles. First an explanation of the Native American medicine wheel is provided. Then the article provides instructions for creating paper plate medicine wheels. Finally, the author explains how to use the wheels to teach the natural cycles. Information is also provided on how to use the medicine wheel cycles as an assessment tool to see how well students understand the important concepts. Students should be able to identify, explain, and predict events using the wheels. One page of the article depicts drawings of 9 natural cycles important to elementary science literacy.