Source iEARN Collaboration Centre
Subject Science, Mathematics, History/Social Studies, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Daffodils and Tulips
In this task, students around the world will plant either tulips of daffodils, record data, and compare when they bloom.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Classroom activities, web resources, video, student work examples
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Source High Tech High School
Subject History/Social Studies, Science, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 6 |
Dirt Detectives
In this task, students will roleplay as archaeologists. They will create a culture bag that they feel best represents them and present it to the class. Afterwards, students will create a box at home with various items in dirt. Back in class, students will "dig" through artifacts and use notes from the presentations to correlate people to artifacts and glean information about each other. They will use this project to gain a better understanding about how archaeologists use artifacts to learn about the past.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 4 examples
3. Video: Completed project from one student
4. Additional Resources: 5 handouts/worksheets, rubric.
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Source iEARN Collaboration Centre
Subject Interdisciplinary, Science, History/Social Studies, English Language Arts
Grade Level 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Medicine in My Backyard
In the Medicine in My Backyard task, students will play the role of ethno-botanists to investigate medicinal plants in their communities and read poetry written more than 900 years ago that helps reveal the healing power of plants. Students will gain an awareness of the important purposes of medicinal plants by collecting stories from their communities on how humans have traditionally lived with plants. They will let the (local and global) communities know through several activities why medicinal plants are an essential part of life, so that the natural environments in which they exist must be sustained for the future. Students and their local communities will be able to use their medicinal plants as part of their nature preservation and heritage and will promote this through several activities with their respective communities (seed bank, cultivation, video).
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