STEM Institute: Advanced Week
(*) notes that this activity is available in our STEM Institute Lending Library
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Hamburger Feedback
Downloads: Google Doc Handout | Hamburger Feedback Sign Printout | Advanced Investigation Checklist PDF |
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Grant Writing
Downloads: Google Doc Handout |
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DC Science Sample Questions
Links: DC Science Sample Questions |
Inquiry, Constructivism, NGSS-Review
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Science Notebooks
Downloads: Google Doc Handout Presentation: Keynote | PDF Scholar Synergy Notebooks: Keynote | PDF Links: ScienceNotebooks.org |
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*Naked Egg Drop-Jumpity Dumpity
Downloads: Google Doc Handout | Egg Drop Tube Set Up Presentation: Keynote | PDF NGSS ETS Review Keynote Videos: Egg Drop Trial |
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Wheel of Inquiry
Wheel of Inquiry Examples Advanced Week 2017 Examples Wheel of Inquiry Blank Worksheet PDF: Simple | Original Downloads: Google Doc Handout Presentation: Keynote | PDF Gray Blow Gun Wheel of Inquiry: Keynote | PDF |
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*Zip Lines
Downloads: Google Doc Handout Presentation: Keynote | PDF Videos: Hook/Intro Video | World's Fastest Zip Line | Zip Line with Parachute | How to Put a Pulley On a Zip Line | 7 Minutes of Terror How to Put an Object on a Zip Line | How to Take a Pulley Off a Zip Line |
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Pancake Engineering
Downloads: Google Doc Handout Presentation: Keynote | PDF Videos: Pancake Engineering |
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Moving Up The Inquiry Scale
Downloads: PDF Handout |
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Cup Flip
Downloads: Google Doc Handout Presentation: Keynote Readings: NGSS Classroom Shifts | The Learning Cycle | Wheel of Inquiry | Science vs. Engineering |
Common Core Math Connections
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Warm-ups: Toothpick Warm-ups
Downloads: Google Doc Handout Links: Toothpicks | Dan Meyer Act 3 Tasks Presentation: PDF |
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Say-It, Do-It: Communication and Engineering Design
Downloads: Google Doc Handout Presentation: Keynote | PDF |
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*Mathematical Modeling: Barbie Bungee
Downloads: Google Doc Handout Videos: Setting Up | Activity Overview Photos for Set Up: Measuring Tape |
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*Algebraic Data as a Predictive Tool: K'NEX "Racing"
Downloads: Google Doc Handout Videos: K'nex "Racing" Activity |
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The Power of Ratios: Beetle Pull
Downloads: Google Doc Handout Presentation: PDF Videos: Beetle Pull | How to Tie a Slipknot | How to Tie a Slipknot on a Beetle Links: Tiny Robots | Man vs. Beetle | World's Strongest Beetle |
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Technology Connections
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*Nature vs. Science:
Turning Hypothesis into Theory's Using a Fun Card Game Downloads: Google Doc Handout Presentation: Keynote | PDF |
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Computer Coding for Everyone: Code.Org
Downloads: Google Doc Handout Presentation: Keynote | PDF Links: Code.org |
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Elementary Computer Aided Design: Sketch-Up
Downloads: Google Doc Handout Presentation: PDF Links: SketchUp.org |
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Computer Based Investigations and Explorations:
PhET Energy Skate Park Downloads: Google Doc Handout Presentation: Keynote | PDF Links: PhET Website |
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Pre-K through 2nd Grade: Early Elementary Technology
Downloads: Google Doc Handout Presentation: Keynote | PDF Videos: Chatterpix Example (very funny) Links: Classroom Blog | Teacher Blog |
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Pre-K through 3rd Grade: Technology
Downloads: Google Doc Handout Link: Common Core Sheets | Suessville Games Connecting Common Core Standards to iPad Apps: Geo Boards Primary Coding Apps: Cargo Bot App |
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Interactive Computer-Based Quizzes - Kahoot!
Downloads: Google Doc Handout Links: Kahoot | GA Workshop Example | "Weather vs. Climate?" Example |
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Storytelling with Bubble Tubes
Downloads: Google Doc Handout |
Earth, Space, & Climate Change Connections: Project WILD
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Climate Change Day
A Walk Through the Atmosphere | Carbon Journey | Full of Hot Air | How Does Melting Ice Affect Sea Level | Stacking the Atmosphere | Weather vs. Climate Downloads: Climate Change Day: Google Doc Handout Presentation: Keynote | PowerPoint | PDF | PDF (with notes) Videos: Setting Up | Final Atmosphere Photos for Set Up: A Walk Through the Atmosphere Links: Tour of the EMS Intro Video | Tour of the EMS Video Playlist | "Weather vs. Climate?" Kahoot Resources: ICE Resources Page |
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Not a Shadow of a Doubt?
Seasons, Shadows and Longitudinal Studies Downloads: Google Doc Handout Presentation: Keynote | PDF |
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MSI Science Minors Club 3rd - 5th Grade (flexible)
Brett Nicholas Manager, Community Initiatives E-Mail: brett.nicholas@msichicago.org | Tel: 773.753.6256 Links: MSI Science Minors Club | Summer Brain Games | MSI Chicago For more information about this program, please contact Brett Nicholas. |
Museum Partners & Activities
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Connecting Field Trips to Science and Literacy:
Poems for Two Voices Downloads: Google Doc Handout Presentation: Keynote | PDF |
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Exploring Teacher Resources & Classroom Ideas
Heidi Rouleau Field Museum School Learning Experiences Manager E-mail: hrouleau@fieldmuseum.org | (Direct) Tel: 312.665.7425 | (Main) Tel: 312.922.9410 Downloads: Google Doc Handout Presentation: PowerPoint | PDF | PDF (with notes) Links: Field Museum | For Educators GA Field Guides, Resources, Object Based Learning Downloads: Google Doc Handout Teacher T-Charts with Curriculum Connection Ideas: K-3 | 4th-6th | 7th-12th | 1st-8th Links: Field Guides PDFs | Field Museum for Educators |
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Lincoln Park Zoo
Leslie Sadowski-Fugitt E-mail: LSadowski-Fugitt@Lpzoo.org Educating visitors about animals, Lincoln Park Zoo creates multiple opportunities for visitors of all ages and backgrounds to have meaningful experiences at the zoo. Connect and be curious in this wild classroom experience. Links: LP Zoo | For Educators | Plan a Field Trip | Observe to Learn App | Chicago Wildlife Watch | Educator Resources | Interactive Children's Book | Lincoln Park Zoo Animals | Animal Diversity |
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The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Amy Morton E-mail: amorton@naturemuseum.org The Nature Museum offers inquiry-based local science and nature programming and other resources for both teachers and students at the Museum and in schools to enhance science teaching and learning. Downloads: TLC Reference | Observing Specimens Graphic Organizer Presentation: PowerPoint | Keynote | PDF Links: Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum | For Educators | Schools and Teachers | Science on the Go | Teacher Resources | Field Trip Guide | Social Narrative |
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