Yesterday we got creative with math! Whaaa?? Each student received 4 identical shaped and sized isosceles triangles (at least two sides are the same length). Our first challenge was to see how many different shapes they could make where each
Science/Math: Winter Trees & Pinecones
Winter trees was the theme of our last science class. We started off by chatting about what happens to trees during each of the four seasons. The students got to color a sheet divided into four quadrants (each one having
STEM: Probability Games
It was game day and we did a short discussion on probability (jumping off from the word “probably”) and the options were: the MUCH. LOVED. Tenzi Blink (card game) Logic Dots (match written instructions to a visual creation of colored
Math/Science: More Math Games
Today we continued with math games… Sleeping Queens, Zeus on the Loose, Sushi Go, Tenzies, and Race to the Treasure. I asked them to start with a different game than they played last time, and they rolled with my request
STEM: Pascal’s Triangle
We had some fun yesterday with Pascal’s triangle and finding patterns. All of the kids seemed to catch on to the patterning and then predicting what would be in the empty boxes. So then we messed with it and changed
Math/Science: Math Games
Today we kept it light with some math games – Sleeping Queens, Zeus on the Loose, and Sushi Go. More to come!
Science/Math: Over and Under the Snow
Hibernation was our theme this week. We read the book “Over and Under the Snow” by Kate Messner. We decided to go with the bear theme and learned about how bears are omnivores similar to humans. We discussed what things bears
Math/Science: Lessons from Mother Earth
As Chris mentioned these tiny learners were quite cold. So, I switched gears a bit and decided to keep our lesson indoors. We began with a book “Lessons from Mother Earth” by Elaine McLeod. We discussed how we’ve learned about
Math/Science: Symmetrical Self-Portraits
We continued our symmetry exploration with symmetrical self portraits. There was a whoooole interesting range of reactions to this activity! We are looking forward to returning after break with some math games.
Math Games: Spirolaterals
Today we talked about how science and math intersect in art… Two students play stringed instruments and one sings. We talked about how counting beats for notes is math and the vibration of strings and vocal chords is physics. We