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Peggy Thomas is talking about elephants again, and your students will not want to miss a word! |
English/Language Arts
Explore lead sentences - Questions
Great writing often begins with great questions. Add this Minute to your Mentor list of Minutes leading with a question.
STEM
Explore experiment design
Author Thomas describes a question posed by a scientist, and then the way he goes about setting up an experiment to answer that question. Critical thinking takes practice. Use this Minute to start students thinking of questions and designing possible experiments to test those questions.
Explore the scientific method
Use this Minute as an Anticipatory set on the scientific method. See if students can mine the Minute to extract evidence of each step of the scientific method.
Research Skills
Explore great websites
Have your students take a look at one of the Smithsonian family of websites, The Smithsonian National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute. Here, students can explore current news on conservation, biology, and species research while looking at the elements of great web design. Have them look for the elements used to evaluate websites. Can they tell who created the site? Is there an “About” page? Is it easy to navigate? What does the URL tell students about the site?
Explore lead sentences - Questions
Great writing often begins with great questions. Add this Minute to your Mentor list of Minutes leading with a question.
STEM
Explore experiment design
Author Thomas describes a question posed by a scientist, and then the way he goes about setting up an experiment to answer that question. Critical thinking takes practice. Use this Minute to start students thinking of questions and designing possible experiments to test those questions.
Explore the scientific method
Use this Minute as an Anticipatory set on the scientific method. See if students can mine the Minute to extract evidence of each step of the scientific method.
Research Skills
Explore great websites
Have your students take a look at one of the Smithsonian family of websites, The Smithsonian National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute. Here, students can explore current news on conservation, biology, and species research while looking at the elements of great web design. Have them look for the elements used to evaluate websites. Can they tell who created the site? Is there an “About” page? Is it easy to navigate? What does the URL tell students about the site?
© Karen Sterling, 2017 - May be used for educational purposes without written permission
