I like being outside and active.
So I was recently skating on a beaver pond and got wondering how far I had traveled. I could count the number of laps but am trying to figure out how to estimate or measure how long one loop is…
I’m hoping you can help!
Watch the video, below. Ask your friends, family and teachers as you brainstorm different ways you can estimate or measure distances.
I’ve heard of apple trees, maple trees and pine trees but recently I discovered a barbed wire tree! There is barbed wire growing out of this tree? Is that possible?
I want you to help investigate!
Watch this video:
Below the video, in the description when watched on YouTube, are questions, clues and links to help you find some answers about the barbed wire tree.
Write a story with words or pictures to explain how the barbed wire tree came to be!
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What keeps the water in the upside down bucket?!
What lives in the hole in the ground??
Why is the pond water hard?
This month’s videos challenge young learners to think, question and develop strategies to find the answers.
Watch the inquiry videos. They have easy connections to Ontario Ministry of Education curriculum!
See the notes (underneath the YouTube video in the description) for learning extensions and links to more information.
How does the water stay in the bucket… even when it’s upside down?!
Who or what lives in the hole in the ground?!
What happened to the water?
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What keeps my milk in the cup?
Why are lemons and bubbles circular or spherical?
Building bird nests and human homes…
This month’s videos challenge young learners to think, question and develop strategies to find the answers.
Watch the inquiry videos. They have easy connections to Ontario Ministry of Education curriculum!
See the notes (underneath the YouTube video in the description) for learning extensions and links to more information.
What keeps my milk in the cup? What happens to a cup of milk in outer space?
Why are lemons (and so many other things in nature) spherical?!
Building bird nests and human homes… What would you use to build a home?
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How many pickles are in the jar?
How old is this tree?
Investigate the lifecycle of the cicada!
This month’s videos challenge young learners to think, question and develop strategies to find the answers.
Watch the inquiry videos. They have easy connections to Ontario Ministry of Education curriculum!
See the notes (underneath the YouTube video in the description) for learning extensions and links to more information.
How many pickles are in the jar?! What is your strategy for guessing?
How old is this tree? How can you find out?
Explore the life of a cicada and create your own story!
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What do you know about pigs?
Find a way out of the fern forest using patterns!
What’s the difference between sticks and stones?!
This month’s videos challenge young learners to think, question and develop strategies to find answers.
Watch the videos.
See the notes (underneath the YouTube video in the description) for learning extensions and links to more information.
PIGS!
Kindergaretn & primary grade inquiry into the the life of pigs on the farm!
Patterns
Where do you see patterns? Help Mr. Harry describe them and see if he can get out of the fern forest!
Sticks & Stones!
How are they different?
Which one floats?
Which one sinks?
WHY!?
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• Baby chicks
• Gus the bull calf
• Wasps and nests
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What lives underground and wriggles?
Which decomposes faster: an apple core or a wrapper?
Black flies, mosquitoes and dragon flies: whose team do you want to be on?!
This month’s videos challenge young learners to think, question and develop strategies to find answers.
Watch the videos.
See the notes underneath for learning extensions.
Wiggly worms!
Kindergaretn & Grade 1 inquiry into the the life of worms, soil and dirt!
Decomposing!
Which decomposes faster? Apple cores or wrappers?
Inquiry into natural vs plastic waste!
Bugs!!!
Who do you want on your team?
Black flies?
Mosquitoes?
Dragon flies?
… Pick very carefully!
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• Mystery forest object
• Being happy
• Heart and breathing
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We’re in a peculiar time.
Mandatory distancing and isolation has created new realities for the planet’s population.
As people scramble to develop new norms teachers are busy managing their own families and supporting their students in new ways.
New ways include YouTube, Zoom, SeeSaw, and Google Classroom.
Below are a few videos I’ve produced or supported to help the elementary classes at school.
The last three are my favourite…
First is a school staff compilation to remind the school community we are #TogetherApart – produced by Mme. Labrosse and fed to families via Twitter.
An alternative, cross curricular Grade 3 fractions lesson:
Kindergarten inquiry about seeds:
Kindergarten inquiry about trees and what lies underground:
Kindergarten inquiry about compost and soil (stinky gross alert!!):
They’re fun to produce.
And help students remember #WeMissYou.
Support.
Be kind.
Smile as best you can!