For our Grade 4 class STEAM project, the students learned about invasive species and then designed, built and named their own ultimate invasive species.
Pour notre projet STEAM 4ème, les élèves ont découvert les espèces envahissantes et puis ont conçu, construit + nommé leur propre espèce envahissante ultime.
- Patrick
Grade 4 French Immersion students had fun making posters about local trees and habitats this week. Les élèves d'immersion moyenne se sont bien amusés cette semaine en apprenant des arbres et habitats locaux.
I've made some french versions of my leaf identification handouts and worksheets. They are now available here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/French-Leaf-Identification-Worksheets-Fiches-didentification-des-feuilles-7123234
These are great for fall tree walks and for french language, science and art activities. I have enjoyed using them as part of an interdisciplinary approach to the Ontario Science curriculum. Students collect and identify leaves. Then they complete a scientific illustration about their leaf. After that we learn about the communities and habitats of the trees and the species that live around our school.
- Patrick
I have just added a new resource to my TeachersPayTeachers site that I am excited about. My class had a great time using these this fall. These are worksheets that teach how to identify deciduous and coniferous trees based on the characteristics of leaves. These are cross-curricular worksheets that combines science, environment, art, language and outdoor activity. This resource works well with any age level. It works with the science curriculum, outdoor exploration, student inquiry project, visual arts and language.
- Patrick
I've just finished a new teaching resource that is available on my teacherspayteachers page here:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Tree-Identification-Unit-6641761
This resource is a cross-curricular unit plan for Grade 4 Communities and Habitats, from the Ontario curriculum. It combines science, environment, art, language and outdoor activity. This resource can be used for a variety other learning purposes. It can work well with Grades 4, 5 and 6 for science curriculum, outdoor exploration, student inquiry project, visual arts and language.
I created this unit based on lessons, activities and ideas that I worked out in the classroom. It is an engaging unit that kids will enjoy and is also fun to teach!
- Patrick
After working through some fundamental science vocabulary about communities, habitats, and ecosystems, we studied local trees: coniferous and deciduous and how to identify trees based on the characteristics of their leaves.
We spent a lot of time outside observing and documenting trees and collecting leaves. We then learned about scientific illustration and how to label, classify, identify, how to use a magnification bubble, and how to ask questions about what is being studied.
The final project:
Students create a poster about their chosen leaf. They draw a scientific illustration with relevant labels, questions and a magnification bubble. We got to laminate our leaves and add them to the poster. The students loved it and learned a lot!
This in a September/October project that's great to do with elementary students as a large group activity.
Step 1: Tape a large piece of paper to the white board (in the place where the projector will project)
Step 2: Project the Terry Fox image that you want onto the paper
Step 3: Trace a light pencil outline of the image
Step 4: Ask a student to go over the light pencil outline with a black marker
Step 5: Show the class an inspiring Terry Fox video and ask them to write down a quote that they feel inspired by (or to write their own sentence about what Terry means to them)
Step 6: Using different bright coloured- markers, have students come up one at a time to add their quote or sentence to the poster
