Where?
Classroom
Nature – Outdoor Classroom
How?
Weekly Science Experiments/STEM challenges
I see, I think, I wonder
Bring in experts
Pictures/videos to spark inquiry/questions
What we already know
Why?
Experiments allow students to question the world around them and makes them think and understand things. They are engaged in the investigative nature of science.
Gets kids talking math vocabulary
Genius Hour – Student choice/passion/excited students
To document learning
What?
Sensory Jars, Heat Experiment, Rainbow Milk, Bouncy Egg, Elf Houses, Straw Towers
Using Provocation Tables to initiate thinking
Our Wonder Wall Bulletin Board
Genius Hour
Recording kids talk/listening kids talk
Loose parts
Knowledge building Circle (sharing Circle)
When?
Using Number Talks in math
