Play Topic Suggestions
Light Lab – Manipulate light, colors of light (spectrum), transparent, translucent, opaque, color theory, vision, reflection, refraction, difraction, forms of energy; light & sound.
Wind Tunnel – Wind energy, measuring distance/projectile, weather, currents, flight, inventors, force and motion.
Loose Parts; Imagination Playground, Dinosaur Bones, ramps & balls, Nudel Kart- Structure, engineering, categorizing, gravity, force and motion, energy, compare and contrast materials’ weight, form, properties of matter, energy, measuring, dramatic play and storytelling.
Simple Machines- construct simple machines for real world problems, experiment and record results.
Standards
Literacy, Mathematics, Science, Social-Emotional, Language Development, Physical Development, Social Studies, Creative Arts, Technology
ELA/Literacy –
3W6 Conduct research to answer questions, including self-generated questions, and to build knowledge about a topic. (3-ESS2-3), (3-ESS3-1)
3W7 Recall relevant information from experiences or gather information from multiple sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories. (3-LS4-1)
3SL4 Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace. (3-LS4 3), (3-LS4-4)
Mathematics & Science –
MP.2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively (3-ESS2-1), (3-ESS2-2), (3-ESS3-1)
MP.4 Model with mathematics. (3-ESS3-1), (3-EASS2-2), (3-ESS3-1)
4-PS3-1 Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
4-PS3-2 Make observation to provide evidence that energy is conserved as it is transferred and/or converted from one form to another.
