Asking questions and defining problems- Poster

 

PE- Asking Scientific Questions and Defining Problems in PE (Posters) 

Looking for ways to integrate scientific questing with Physical Education?  This amazing poster, created by fifth grade teacher and Science Fellows emeritus, Heidi Yerrington, has several examples of questioning, observing, and defining problems, all aligned to the Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs) being graded in our Kindergarten-fifth grade classrooms. Looking for more ideas around integrating, check out the Observations and Wonderings, and Questions that Include Measures and Variables posters linked below.   

Asking Scientific Questions and Defining Problems Poster- Link

Observations and Wonderings " I noticed..." - Link

Questions that Include Measures and Variables- Link 

Music-Do you Hear What I Hear?

 Music: 

 Using a 5E lesson model, students engage in collecting and analyzing data and applying that data when learning about pitch, frequency, loudness and amplitude, sound quality and timbre.  This short article outlines how students in one elementary school focused on sound (a first grade scope taught during 4th quarter) through science and music.  With connections to the music standards and the SEPs available.  

Do you Hear What I Hear- link 

National School Library Standards cross walk with NGSS

Library and the Next Generation Science Standards 

Looking for connections between the library standards and the NGSS?  Check out this eight page document that lays out those connections in an easy to read format.
In addition, this one page "Because Everyone is a Learner" visual aid, is a great way to increase conversations with your learning community. 

Because Everyone Is a Learner- Infographic- Link
National School Library Standards crosswalk with NGSS- Link

Dig Art!

 This blog offers ideas for lessons, garden guidance and citizen science that support a school garden and Art integration.  Easy to use lesson ideas that span minutes to multiple days, brings the outside into the art classroom.  This site has printable PDFs, and access background information and learning standards connections. 


Science classroom connections:
Kindergarten: Plant Needs, Organisms' Impact on Environments
Second grade: Plant and Animal Dependence, Prairie Field Experience, What Plants Need
Third Grade:  Life in Ecosystems


Dig Art! Cultivating Creativity in the Garden- Link

Why Arts Are Essential in a STEM Education

Art-




This 2016 article discusses the connections between art and STEM, and how creativity might be the key to connecting with students who struggle with math, science or technology.  Included in this link are additionals art integration articles such as; Arts as Text: Bridging Literacy and the Arts


Why Arts Are Essential in STEM Education- Link

Putting Science Literacy on Display

Language Arts, Science and the Library 

Library

NTPS students are being graded on obtaining, evaluating, an communicating information.  For this SEP students must " read and evaluate text to obtain scientific information."  This article shares how a 2nd grade teacher and the schools reading specialist collaborated to develop a lesson that addressed this SEP, the content being addressed in the classroom as well as built on skills needed in ELA.  What a great way to build on ELA skills, library research practices and the science content being taught in the classroom.  

Putting Science Literacy on Display - Link