These Littles were excited to learn more about Amelia and flying this week!
Unit Study:
We continued our maps of Amelia's flights. We also discussed why our estimates of the distances based on our small maps were not accurate compared to the actual distances listed on Google Maps. I wasn't surprised that one of these little smarties suggested that the small maps can't be as accurate because the earth is so much bigger and that things on a map are stretched or squished to fit on the page. I was definitely "Wowed"!
We watched a short video about America's first female pilot, Bessie Coleman. She was definitely a daredevil!
Next, we used our creative and evaluative thinking to create titles and conversations to go with pictures of Amelia and others in her life. The kids did a fantastic job!
We used our convergent and evaluative thinking to categorize words relating to our unit. The challenge was the 3 words that didn't belong in a category. The kids learned about "Red Herrings" and were successful in placing the unrelated words in the Red Herrings category.
After watching the World Record Paper Airplane Flight, The kids enjoyed choosing and creating their own complicated paper airplanes to test outside. If you're interested in working on this at home, we used the book, Wings. It has many paper airplanes with detailed, easy to follow diagrams to create some amazing planes!
Finally, we continued exploring Amelia and flight with some new nonfiction books. The kids enjoy seeing different parts of her life and new aspects of flight.
Until next time,
Dr. Kraeger
Unit Study:
We continued our maps of Amelia's flights. We also discussed why our estimates of the distances based on our small maps were not accurate compared to the actual distances listed on Google Maps. I wasn't surprised that one of these little smarties suggested that the small maps can't be as accurate because the earth is so much bigger and that things on a map are stretched or squished to fit on the page. I was definitely "Wowed"!
We watched a short video about America's first female pilot, Bessie Coleman. She was definitely a daredevil!
Next, we used our creative and evaluative thinking to create titles and conversations to go with pictures of Amelia and others in her life. The kids did a fantastic job!
We used our convergent and evaluative thinking to categorize words relating to our unit. The challenge was the 3 words that didn't belong in a category. The kids learned about "Red Herrings" and were successful in placing the unrelated words in the Red Herrings category.
After watching the World Record Paper Airplane Flight, The kids enjoyed choosing and creating their own complicated paper airplanes to test outside. If you're interested in working on this at home, we used the book, Wings. It has many paper airplanes with detailed, easy to follow diagrams to create some amazing planes!
Finally, we continued exploring Amelia and flight with some new nonfiction books. The kids enjoy seeing different parts of her life and new aspects of flight.
Until next time,
Dr. Kraeger