Our hall display-a work in progress... |
We worked step by step-they loved this! |
So intent... |
The finished products. Aren't they great? All of this artwork will go in an American Symbols book along with the fact sheets they are making for each symbol. |
You can see their eagles made from their foot and hand tracings. |
Next we wanted to know how come the Statue of Liberty is green so we started with our own pennies. |
They documented what their pennies looked like before the experiment and chose a sentence to describe their penny in their science journals. |
Next we added a few drops of vinegar to the pennies to simulate the salty water that the Statue of Liberty is subjected to in the New York Harbor. |
A day later, take a look! |
The shinier pennies turned the greenest! |
They documented what their pennies looked like after the experiment on their own. |
Thank you so much for posting. I love seeing how the projects turn out! :)
ReplyDeleteDeanna, you are amazing! I so enjoy taking your units to the classroom and seeing how the kids respond to it all. This is what teaching is about-seeing that "spark"!
ReplyDeleteI love the penny project. I also love the way you used rhymining cards in a pocket chart. I've been using them in small groups. I think I'm going to put them in a center next week. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteLove these ideas. Is it possible to get a copy of this unit? We are doing our American symbols unit now.
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