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Found 17 resources:
Sounds Around
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: 30 minutes
Overview
Students use their sense of hearing outdoors to discover things in their world.
Sniff and Guess
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: 40 minutes
Overview
Students use their sense of smell to identify the contents of Mystery Odor Cans.
Oh Say, What Can You See?
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: 30 minutes
Overview
Students walk outdoors to use their sense of sight and record and compare their observations.
Textures Are Everywhere
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
- 3-5
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: 30 Minutes
Overview
Students use their sense of touch outdoors and record and compare their observations.
Taster’s Choice
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: 40 minutes
In the Dark
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: 30 minutes
Form and Function
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: One period
Overview
Students select a part of a plant or animal and indicate how the part supports the needs of the living thing.
Extinction
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: 20 minutes
Overview
Students are shown illustrations of living things and extinct life forms, which they compare and categorize as living or extinct.
Variation
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: One period
Overview
Students look at populations of living things and identify variations in physical features.
Diversity
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: 30 minutes each for three sessions
Overview
Students learn that there are many forms of living things by going for a walk and by observing living things in the classroom.
Differences
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: Two class periods
Overview
Students observe and compare a variety of living things and pictures of living things to observe their similarities and differences.
What in the World Do You Smell?
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: 30 minutes
Overview
Students walk outside to use their sense of smell to discover odors in their world.
What Food Is It?
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: 40 minutes
Overview
Students close their eyes and taste foods without using their sense of sight.
Can You Tell by Touch?
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- UC Museum of Paleontology
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: 30 minutes
Overview
Students feel inside a bag and use only their sense of touch to describe and identify one of the objects inside the bag.
Can You Match Them?
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: 20 minutes
Overview
Students find matching sounds by shaking containers and listening to sounds generated.
Becoming a fossil
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: One class period
A Long Time
Grade Level(s):
- K-2
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: 20 minutes
Overview
The teacher puts up a timeline that shows students' age relative to geologic time.
You will be directed to an external page on the UC Museum of Paleontology website.