Lesson Brought to You by the Letter P (and Twitter!!!)
I saw this post by Tricia Fuglestad on Twitter! She is an elementary school art teacher, and tech integrator extraordinaire!!! I found lots of inspiration on her Twitter page and her Weebly!
I was so inspired by her whirligigs, I had to do a lesson with my 4th graders! We also have a Whirligig Park in our state, and we watched this video to explain to the students what a Whirligig is! We just finished our Maker Faire, so they were intrigued by these moving contraptions!
Wilson, NC Whriligig Park
Tarheel Traveler Segment, WRAL
By the end of today's lesson, we used our research skills, learned new science terms, reviewed polygons, and drew a plan for our own whirligig.
I gave each team of two kids a card with a science term on it. They had to research the term and come up with an animal that fit their category: nocturnal, amphibian, reptile, a bird, a mammal, etc.
Once they decided on an animal that fit their category, they had to draw the animal using at least 4 different polygons. Lots of thinking because they all wanted to use circles and curves (which are not polygons!)
After they came up with a design, they had to label the polygons.
Next week, we will create actual whirligigs using our designs, and create stop-motion videos of our moving creations!!
If you are not on Twitter yet, get there as quick as possible! It is full of energized, engaged educators with lots of ideas to inspire our students!!!
I was so inspired by her whirligigs, I had to do a lesson with my 4th graders! We also have a Whirligig Park in our state, and we watched this video to explain to the students what a Whirligig is! We just finished our Maker Faire, so they were intrigued by these moving contraptions!
Wilson, NC Whriligig Park
Tarheel Traveler Segment, WRAL
By the end of today's lesson, we used our research skills, learned new science terms, reviewed polygons, and drew a plan for our own whirligig.
I gave each team of two kids a card with a science term on it. They had to research the term and come up with an animal that fit their category: nocturnal, amphibian, reptile, a bird, a mammal, etc.
Once they decided on an animal that fit their category, they had to draw the animal using at least 4 different polygons. Lots of thinking because they all wanted to use circles and curves (which are not polygons!)
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| Arthropod |
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| Insect |
After they came up with a design, they had to label the polygons.
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| This pair of students had the word "predator", so they drew a wolf. They also created a "prey" so the predator would have something to chase on the video they will create! |
Next week, we will create actual whirligigs using our designs, and create stop-motion videos of our moving creations!!
If you are not on Twitter yet, get there as quick as possible! It is full of energized, engaged educators with lots of ideas to inspire our students!!!
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