Any Elementary Science Teachers Out There?

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Permalink Reply by Andy R on August 18, 2008 at 9:13pm

Hello Katie,

I like to think about real world applications of content when planning a lesson. Ask them to become space-age re-entry specialists. Start with NASA http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/search/Keyword/Atmosphere.html, then have students create own animations of layers.

Hope you try it.

Permalink Reply by Eve Heaton on December 24, 2008 at 1:56pm

I have the students remember the layers of the atmosphere in order with this device, "Take some money to everyone." I also have them complete a layered book (Dinah Zike Elementary School Science Foldable book) where they have to write the layers of the atmosphere in order and put facts and pictures of what they might find in each layer of the atmosphere. My students (also fourth grade) aren't required to know as much as the sixth graders I taught last year so it is scaled down quite a bit (for example they don't need to know how far each layer extends into the atmosphere).