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Jane Alexander College of Staten Island. Introducing elementary school children to geologic fieldwork – from formulating the hypothesis to analyzing the data. Overview. Elements of the 3 rd Grade Curriculum Introducing the students to local geologic history The fieldtrip and experiment - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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INTRODUCING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN TO GEOLOGIC
FIELDWORK – FROM FORMULATING THE HYPOTHESIS
TO ANALYZING THE DATA
Jane AlexanderCollege of Staten Island
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Overview Elements of the 3rd Grade Curriculum Introducing the students to local
geologic history The fieldtrip and experiment Classroom follow up
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Elements of 3rd Grade Curriculum Science
The Scientific MethodThe Rock Cycle
MathGraphingData analysis
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Introducing the students to local geologic history
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Formulating the hypothesis After the introduction, the students were
encouraged to formulate a hypothesis relating to the shapes of the columns that they would see on the fieldtrip“We predict that the shapes of the columns
at the South Mountain Reservation will have 6 sides”
We then discussed how to test the hypothesis
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The fieldtrip
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The experiment…
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How do you keep track?
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Classroom follow up
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Conclusions Students practiced and reinforced
concepts from different parts of the curriculum
Everyone became actively involved in using the scientific methodAnd the results were unexpected!
No real analysis of effectiveness yet – these students will have standardized science testing next year
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Thank you to these wonderful teachers!
L-R: Mrs. Conyers, Mrs. Henderson, Mrs. Ferrara, Mrs Bucich, and Mrs. Heumann (Absent: Mrs. Masters)