| IDEAS
AND INVENTIONS MODULE MATRIX |
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INTERDISCIPLINARY
EXTENSIONS |
FOSS
SCIENCE STORIES |
TECHNOLOGY/HOME
CONNECTION |
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1. |
RUBBINGS |
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Language
Extensions
• Make a list of texture words.
• Research texture words.
• Write a procedure.
• Research food inventions.
Math Extension
• Problem of the week.
Art and Science Extensions
• Make a rubbing collage.
• Make clay mandalas.
• Search for hidden messages on food containers, sidewalks,
and telephone poles.
• Investigate tree bark. |
See the
Science Stories folio.
• Creative Solutions
• Looking at Leaves
• Rubbings
• A Close Look at the World
• A Self-Made Inventor |
www.fossweb.com
Check the FOSS website for interactive simulations, to write
questions to a scientist, for teaching tips, and to talk with
other classes using FOSS.
Home/School Connection: Students make texture rubbings at
home, bring them to class, and have other students guess their
origins.
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2. |
CARBON
PRINTING |
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Language
Extensions
• Write about uniqueness.
• Write and display essays.
Math Extensions
• Problem of the week.
• Graph fingerprints.
Art Extensions
• Make fingerprint art.
• Make printing blocks.
Science Extension
• Research fingerprint history. |
See the
Science Stories folio.
• Fingerprints
• Do Animals Have Fingerprints?
• Covering Up Her Mistakes
• An Inventive Farmer |
Home/School
Connection: Students make fingerprints of family members, analyze
the prints, and compare them to each other. |
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3. |
COLOR
WRITING |
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Language
Extensions
• Research sensory extenders.
• Write a letter about discovery.
• Explore word roots.
Math Extension
• Problem of the week.
Art and Science Extensions
• Put on an art exhibit.
• Color a drawing.
• Change the water in chromatography.
• Investigate pigments in foods.
• Research traditional dyes. |
See the
Science Stories folio.
• Chromatography
• Shoes for the World
• Improving the Computer |
Home/School
Connection: Students make chromatograms at home, using different
kinds of paper and pens. |
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4. |
REFLECTING |
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Language
Extensions
• Travel through a looking glass.
• Write mirror messages.
Math Extension
• Problem of the week.
Art and Science Extensions
• Create mirror pictures.
• Use mirrors to direct a flashlight beam.
• Look at symmetry in faces. |
See the
Science Stories folio.
•Throw a Little Light on Sight
• Into the Shadows
• Light and Reflection
• Making Mirrors
• Looking at the Sky
• Kid Inventors |
Home/School Connection: Students work with mirrors at home
to find out what happens as they view their image from different
distances from the mirror. Students work on projects at home.
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