Mija has been doing some "shocking" learning. Electricity has caught her eye.
I all started with her sheet and blanket. One night she saw the "tiny lightening" and was actually a little freaked out. I explained that she was just seeing static electricity...like when one of us rubbed a balloon over our hair.
That calmed her, but she was intrigued.
And then this happened when we were folding clothes one day.
Two strings from this rag (yes, I cut up old things to make rags) were just standing up, side-by-side, due to static. You could put your hands over them and under them and they wouldn't move. It was really cool.
So, now I am finding little lessons to teach about electricity.
One that I found was through Super-Charged Science. I've posted about free classes with them before. Well, I found one lesson and experiment on electricity and am using it.
I really like how Aurora Lipper of Super-Charged Science makes everything easy and accessible.
So, if you want a fast lesson about electricity check out HERE. It mentions an access code, but I didn't need one. All I used was my email address, and it took me straight to the lesson.
A quick idea for African American History that I'm using from Lesson Pathways.
First of all, I started using Lesson Pathways for our language. I have it listed under curriculum on my Helpful Websites page. It's FREE.
What I like is how it integrates literature with spelling, vocabulary, and more.
For third grade, one of the reading units is Dream Variations by Langston Hughes. It looks like a great unit to combine poetry, black history, and more. I'm thinking of adding some science be review the day and night cycle.
Will you be integrating some things for Black History Month this February?
