Grade 6

  • Students learn to use shadows to predict the approximate size of large objects. Students measure shadows and use ratios to determine actual heights. Wrap up: Can we use the same ratio all the time?

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  • Students search for shapes that occur naturally in the schoolyard. Students write a shape poem on two of the shapes found. Wrap up: Discuss poems and where ideas came from. Did the shapes we know come from nature?

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  • An experiment that has students stretch hosiery over the rim of a baby food jar and after adding soil and grass seeds. Students create Soil Sammy – the grass becomes hair. Older students can experiment with fertilizer, soil types and water balance.

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  • Students use their angle skills to measure and sketch different angles found in the schoolyard. Wrap up: Discuss different objects chosen by students.

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  • Discuss deciduous and coniferous plants, plant life cycles related to season and plant parts (leaf, bud, needle, branch, etc.) Students hunt for, draw and tally the trees on the worksheet. Wrap-up: predict seasonal differences.

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