Rick Varner8th Grade ScienceDeer Park Middle Magnet SchoolRandallstown, MD

INTEGRATING SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS AND TECHNOLOGY INTO ELEMENTARY

CLASSROOM UNITS

Ellyssa Varner1st Grade

Bollman Bridge Elementary School

Jessup, MD

Boston Convention & Exhibition CenterSession 1305 Room 207 2:00pm – 3:00pm

ESSENTIAL LEARNING

Learning is naturally integrated.

“When you are out walking, nature does not confront you for three quarters of an hour only with flowers and in the next only with animals.”

Lionel Elvin (1977)

ESSENTIAL LEARNING

Learning is naturally integrated.

Interdisciplinary: A knowledge view and curriculum approach that consciously applies methodology and language from more than one discipline to examine a central theme, issue, problem, topic, or experience.

Heidi Hayes Jacobs (1989)

FOUR FIRST STEPS WHEN CONSIDERING A STEM INTERDISCIPLINARY UNIT

1. Start with a Science or Technology theme you are familiar with or is timely with many resources available.

2. Identify the academic goals and learning standards to be emphasized and their natural scope and sequences.

3. Determine appropriate assessment applications nestled within the design of the unit.

4. Start simple and allow the unit to expand upon its successes from one year to the next.

Getting StartedStart with a Science or Technology theme you are familiar with or is timely with many resources available.

3,2,1…LIFTOFF!PK-2 GUIDE•Interdisciplinary

• Counting, grouping…• Letter recognition,

rhyming • Modeling• Sequencing, patterns

•Self Explanatory Guide•Dated focus on Space Shuttle systems

http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/58149main_3.2.1.Liftoff.pdf

ROCKETS K-12 GUIDE

•STEM Focus• Engineering Design• Physical Science• Science Inquiry• Mathematics

•Background expectations•Adaptable to lower grades•Project X-51 Unit•Dated focus - Ares I & IV

http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/280754main_Rockets.Guide.pdf

High Pressure Rocket Activity Embargoed- adapted version

WIKISPACES: 5TH GRADE ROCKETRYhttp://5thgrrocketry.wikispaces.com/

Learning OutcomesIdentify the academic goals and learning standards to be emphasized and their natural scope and sequences.

ELACC ELA Domain Standards (K-5)

Reading/Literature Standards:• Key Ideas and Detail

• Integration of Knowledge and Ideas.• Range of Reading and Level of Text

Complexity

Writing Standards:•Production and Distribution of Writing.•Research to Build and Present Writing

•Text types and Purposes

ELACC ELA Domain Standards (K-5)

MathematicsCC Math Domain Standards (K-5)

•Geometry•Counting and Cardinality•Measurement and Data

•Operations and Algebraic Thinking

ELACC ELA Domain Standards (K-5)

MathematicsCC Math Domain Standards (K-5)

ScienceNatl Science Standards (K-5)

CONTENT STANDARD D: EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE

D1. Properties of earth materialsD2. Objects in the sky

D3. Changes in earth and skyCONTENT STANDARD E: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

E1. Abilities of technological designE2. Understanding about science and technology

E3. Abilities to distinguish between natural objects and objects made by humans

CONTENT STANDARD G: SCIENCE AS INQUIRYG1. Science as a human endeavor:

Mathematics 5th GradeNumber and Operations in Base Ten

Measurement & Data

Geometry

English Language Arts

5th GradeReading Standards for Informational Text

Text Types and Purposes

Production & Distribution of Writing

Comprehension & Collaboration

Presentation of Knowledge & Ideas

IDENTIFY THE ACADEMIC GOALS AND LEARNING STANDARDS TO BE EMPHASIZED

Infinity and MeKate Hosford

American Library Association Recommendations

Rabbit & Robot: The SleepoverCece Bel

A 2013 Geisel Honor Book

A Black Hole Is Not a Hole.

Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano

http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncb

On the MoonBy: Anna Milbourne

Other Children’s Literature Read Aloud

If You Decide toGo to the Moon

By: Faith McNulty

There’s No Place Like Space

By: Dr. Seuss

Me and My Place in Space

By: John Sweeny

Zoom, Rocket, Zoom!By: Margaret Mayo

On the Launch PadBy: Michael Dahl

Look To The StarsBy: Buzz Aldrin

Roaring RocketsBy: Tony Mitton

The Influence of Science Fiction Novels

Goddard’s Autobiography: October 19, 1899 was referred to as Anniversary Day.

Robert Goddard• Graduated high school at 21• Struggled financially as a college

teacher to fund his experiments• It took 3 yrs for his groundbreaking

article on rocketry to be published by the Smithsonian

• Publically ridiculed by the New York Times

• March 16, 1926 launched the 1st successful liquid fueled rocket

• Granted 214 patients• 131 awarded following his death

Assessment of LearningDetermine appropriate assessment applications nestled within the design of the unit.

Assessment of LearningF=maPredicting the effect of increased mass on acceleration of two paper rockets of similar design launched with the same force.

Purchase Materials and Services(adding/subtracting, monetary

applications)

Creating the Prototype Design

(application of scale,use of geometric shapes and

measurement)

Testing and Modification(Measurement, Observation &

Assessment)

Creating the Prototype Design(Engineering Design Process)

X-51 PAPER PROJECT Adapted from the NASA water rocket unit

CommunicationsDirector

Media Relations, blogs, NEWS updates,

photography

BudgetDirector

Maintain accurate records of the company’s purchase orders and expenditures.

Negotiate contracts.

Project ManagerOversees the entire project

and works with the instructor to resolve

questions and schedules.Design &

Launch DirectorSupervises the design and construction of the

rocket. Directs staff during the testing & launch sequences.

LET’S BUILD A ROCKET!

Each table has the materials to create a paper rocket.

You may share scissors, tape and rulers, but each person should have their own PVC tube, 2 sheets of paper and 2 index cards

X-51 PAPER PROJECT ADAPTATION

PVC Tube

paper

Roll sheet of paper onto the PVC tubing, snuggly, but loose enough to slide.

X-51 PAPER PROJECT ADAPTATION

Completely tape the seam of the paper, but do not get tape on the PVC tube. Clear

Tape

X-51 PAPER PROJECT ADAPTATIONSlide the paper tube about ½” to ¾” up past the end of the PVC tube.

Fold over the paper at the end & tape it closed.

Fold in the end of the paper tube across the end of the PVC tube.With a criss-cross of tape, this seals the paper tube.

X-51 PAPER PROJECT ADAPTATION

Creating a nosecone is a challenger for younger students.A paper drink cone/cup is a ready-made alternative.

Secure a paper

nosecone

X-51 PAPER PROJECT ADAPTATION

Fins stabilize the flight and may be made of index card, card stock or folded paper.

Decide how many fins

and how they are to be arranged.

X-51 PAPER PROJECT ADAPTATION

Fins stabilize the flight and may be made of index card, card stock or folded paper.

Securely attach 3, 4 or more fins evenly spaced

at the back

X-51 PAPER PROJECT ADAPTATION

Ensure you can remove the PVC tube from the paper rocket and prepare for a test

flight.

Model Rocketry is a fun hobby.Remember, it

Is “Rocket Science”

SAFETY FIRST!

Eye Wear is Required for launching projectiles

in this room!!

NASA Wallops Flight Facility, VA

NSTA ONLINE RESOURCESSandifer, Cody. "Inquiry Science and Active Reading." Science and Children Oct. 2011: 47-51. Science and Children. NSTA. Web. 17 Mar. 2014. <http://static.nsta.org/files/sc1102_47.pdf>.

King, Kenneth. "Stomp Rockets A High-Impact Exploration of Science Concepts." Science Scope Jan. 2014: 59-66. Science Scope. NSTA. Web. Jan. 2014. <http://static.nsta.org/files/ss1405_59.pdf>.

Gillman, Joan. "Straw Rockets Are Out of This World." Science and Children Oct. 2013: 44-49. Science and Children. NSTA Web. Oct. 2014 <http://static.nsta.org/files/sc1302_44.pdf>.

NSTA ONLINE RESOURCESRoyce, Christine Anne. "Teaching Through Trade Books." Science and Children Summer 2013: 18-23. Science and Children. NSTA. Web. Summer 2013. <http://static.nsta.org/files/SC1309_18.pdf>.