Recently, grades K-2 have experimented with putting treasures into ice cubes and building creations out of cardboard boxes. Third graders are learning about Forces by building seesaws, pulleys, and elevators. Fourth graders are making models of layers of the earth and showing how they change over time. Fifth graders are experimenting with gravity, and sixth graders are exploring chemical reactions. If you want to see in more detail what students have been up to in the virtual Science Lab, you can always go to the Special Area Classes and Science Lab link on the OPS home page, and after finding your student’s class, find Science Lab at the bottom. The most recent Science Lab activity is there, along with a link to my lesson archive page. And maybe you’ll find a read-aloud you like!
As a former scientist, I know very well that the ability to make connections of all kinds is critical, whether they are conceptual, interpersonal, logical, etc. As a teacher in an elementary school, I encourage my students to look for connections between the experiments we do in the lab with their daily lives. I also try to make connections with other subject areas such as literature and art. To that end, I’ve been recording read-alouds of picture books with science content. I’ve chosen some books that I really like, and I hope you and your families will enjoy them too. You can find Mrs. Kuehner’s Read-Alouds on my lesson archive page and on my youtube channel .
Recently, grades K-2 have experimented with putting treasures into ice cubes and building creations out of cardboard boxes. Third graders are learning about Forces by building seesaws, pulleys, and elevators. Fourth graders are making models of layers of the earth and showing how they change over time. Fifth graders are experimenting with gravity, and sixth graders are exploring chemical reactions. If you want to see in more detail what students have been up to in the virtual Science Lab, you can always go to the Special Area Classes and Science Lab link on the OPS home page, and after finding your student’s class, find Science Lab at the bottom. The most recent Science Lab activity is there, along with a link to my lesson archive page. And maybe you’ll find a read-aloud you like!
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