Acting Hot and Cold 3
Description
Students will explore heating and cooling through pantomime. By enacting the effect of sunlight on a snow man and growing seed, students will learn scientific information kinesthetically.
Be One with the Water 4
Description
Students will explore states of matter and the water cycle by bringing water to life with their bodies. By enacting the changes that water molecules experience, students will learn scientific information kinesthetically.
Celebrate Cells 5
Description
In this lesson we will personify the parts of the cell physically and vocally.
Cell Talk 5
Description
Students will become a part of a cell by examining cell diagrams. Each student will use their body, voice and movement to become a particular part of the cell. After they own the character or cell, they are paired up to create dialogue between the different parts of the cell. Short, two part scenes explore the cell parts as well as their purpose and attributes as Cell Talk bring the cell to life before the students very eyes. Through embodying the parts of animal and plant cells, students get a more in depth understanding of their functions. They explore the cell world from the point of view of its parts.
Classification of Animals Connect Your Animal Show 5
Description
Students explore the attributes of classifying animals by physically becoming and verbally exploring an organism by looking at a photo of it. They are able to step outside of their organism personality and then become "Classification Experts" on the game show "Connect Your Animal" where they help reunite lost animals with their families. Students will use scientific inquiry to classify their own organism as well as help each game contestant classify theirs. When students go through the process of classifying each organism as if they are scientists they become experts on classification.