"Wise About Waste"

Children learn about waste and recycling in this two week project where third graders become engineers in a program that would take four hours each day. The program ‘Wise about Waste’ was d... See More

Children learn about waste and recycling in this two week project where third graders become engineers in a program that would take four hours each day. The program ‘Wise about Waste’ was developed from the Minnesota Science Museum and can be downloaded from the website provided. The assessment rubric is provided in this article. The program is also intended to reach out to the families of these children as well.

Hands-0n Learning

This article discusses a hands-on learning experience for third grade students. Students apply what they have learned about recycled and reusable materials to create robots. This lesson allo... See More

This article discusses a hands-on learning experience for third grade students. Students apply what they have learned about recycled and reusable materials to create robots. This lesson allowed students to also have their parents involved as students brought reusable items from home. Through this experiment students were able to work like engineers and use their critical thinking skills.