Igniting Passions
1/26/2018
Pacific Northern Academy is committed to providing a remarkable educational experience where students are encouraged to explore their passions and creativity. How does that look like in the third grade classroom?
1. A new science unit was introduced with an activity that fires up student curiosity and passion. The goal is to grab the hearts and minds of the students to create a thirst for knowledge and the hunger for more learning. 2. Students are encouraged to exercise critical thinking where they are constantly asked for what they think. When students are engaged in ways that shift their role from recipients of knowledge into active participants and constructors of their learning, learning is deeper. 3. Student voice and choice are celebrated in the classroom. The have the best ideas on how to keep them interested and engaged. As students were learning about building blocks of habitats, they requested that they create dioramas as part of the learning process. They were so engaged they wanted to work on their dioramas than to go out to recess!
The learning activities above aim to address the following NGSS Science Standards:
3-LS4-1 Students can analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago. 3-LS4-3 Students can construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all. Comments are closed.
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Jessica GrahamMs. Graham graduated from the University of Alabama with a BS in Early Childhood/Elementary Education, and is currently working on her master's in reading. She enjoys hiking, traveling, arts & crafts, and playing the ukulele. Archives
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