tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5632499518615801832024-03-17T20:03:33.839-07:00Sing Your Way to Science SuccessMsDawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101069460629706496noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563249951861580183.post-42340153485101120922012-11-02T19:39:00.000-07:002012-11-02T19:43:33.348-07:00Slip into Science Store<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: magenta;">*** <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Slip-Into-Science"><span style="color: black;">Slip into Science</span></a> *** </span><span style="color: magenta;"> </span></span><span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;">Many more science songs, poems, and readers' theatre scripts are available for a small fee at the <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Slip-Into-Science"><span style="color: yellow;">Slip into Science store</span></a>. But if you need free resources, scroll down for free ideas.</span>MsDawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101069460629706496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563249951861580183.post-20131083364477395762010-02-17T19:56:00.000-08:002010-02-17T19:58:15.376-08:00Table of Contents<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b><span style="color: orange;">Click an area below for more information.</span></b></i></span><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span></i></div><div style="color: #b6d7a8; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>The Information</u></b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://singscience.blogspot.com/2010/02/research-why-use-songs_17.html">Research</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://singscience.blogspot.com/2010/02/classroom-use.html">Classroom Use</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://singscience.blogspot.com/2010/02/with-5-es.html">With 5-Es</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://singscience.blogspot.com/2010/02/performance-options.html">Performance</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #ffe599; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Sample Songs and Poems</u></b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://singscience.blogspot.com/2010/02/sample-physical-science-songs-and-poems.html">Physical Science</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://singscience.blogspot.com/2010/02/sample-earth-science-songs.html">Earth Science</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://singscience.blogspot.com/2010/02/sample-life-science-songs.html">Life Science</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #f6b26b; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><u>Resources</u></b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://singscience.blogspot.com/2010/02/songs.html">Songs</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://singscience.blogspot.com/2010/02/books.html">Books</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://singscience.blogspot.com/2010/02/references.html">References</a></div>MsDawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101069460629706496noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563249951861580183.post-52796346332927071992010-02-17T19:51:00.000-08:002010-02-17T19:51:46.356-08:00Research - Why use songs?<b>What causes "song stuck syndrome"?</b><br />
Every so often you may get a song or, even more annoying, a part of a song stuck in your head on repeat. Not much is known about the cause, but it could be the repeating of the neural circuits that represent the melody in our brains. Songs/rhythms are tools that we can use to recall information.<br />
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<b>Models of working memory (Baddely and Hitch, 1974)</b><br />
The phonological loop is composed of the phonological store and the articulatory rehearsal system (aka your "inner ear" and your "inner voice.") As we hear sounds we literally hear them and we also "hear" them in our inner voice which is why we can echo back sound patterns and lyrics.<br />
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<b>Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligence: Musical-rhythmic intelligence</b><br />
There is not one magic teaching method that reaches all students... except if you count "differentiation" as just one way. One of the main intelligences according to Gardner is "musical-rhythmic." People with musical intelligence are in tune with noises, rhythms, and sounds in their environment. They seek patterns and are drawn to sound. They also enjoy moving to rhythm; therefore, through music, you also reach kinesthetic learners.<br />
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Why else should I use it?</b><br />
Using poems, songs, rhythms, and chants is enjoyable for many students (and teachers!) It is also a great way to reinforce language arts skills such as fluency, comprehension, and word study.MsDawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101069460629706496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563249951861580183.post-67555484102475200252010-02-17T19:49:00.000-08:002010-02-17T19:49:55.646-08:00Classroom Use<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Act-it-out (Kinesthetic) </b></i></span><br />
Make hand motions to go with the song/poem. It is extremely effective if students can generate their own motions that are meaningful to them (besides, they have more ownership of the word if they do it themselves.) One way to do this is to give each table group a science word. They have a few minutes to come up with an appropriate (in older grades this is important to mention) motion that demonstrates the meaning of the word. Then the group teaches the class and the class mimics the motion while saying the word. This is the same motion used for the word all year.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Fluency Practice (Auditory)</i></b></span><br />
Repeated practice reading/performing aloud in different voices in different emotions. Students work on expression and fluid reading (not speed.) Poems and songs are an authentic purpose for practicing fluency. "Fluency is not just about rate. Faster is not always better....Purpose is important in all fluency. Work to create contexts for practice with authentic purposes for fluency." ~ Dr. Timothy Rasinski<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Word Work (Verbal/Linguistic)</i></b></span><br />
Look for rhyming words or word families in the poems and songs. Have students list other words in the word family or collect words during the week that follow certain patterns or rules (-ation words, compound words, contractions, certain word families, etc.) Also, keep an eye out for words with common prefixes and root words to do a mini-lesson on context clues within the word. Poems with context clues are excellent to play "Guess the Covered Word." Use sticky notes or index cards to cover a few words for which there are obvious clues as to what those words could be. Have students make guesses and justify their guesses with clues from the text.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Comprehension/Meaning</b></i></span><br />
Main Idea - Poems and songs are written in stanzas and verses, respectively, that typically have one main purpose or main idea.<br />
Visualizations - Poems and songs have content. While students listen, have them close their eyes and see pictures in their head (Movie-in-your-mind) or you can have them sketch what is happening. This can be used as a sequencing activity if poems are about processes such as life cycles.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: orange;">Any other ideas? Please post a comment below!</span></b></div>MsDawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101069460629706496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563249951861580183.post-4448627080390934812010-02-17T19:34:00.000-08:002010-02-17T19:35:10.606-08:00With 5-E's<b><i>Review of the 5-E's</i></b><br />
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<b>Engage </b>- Briefly reveals students prior knowledge<br />
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<b>Explore </b>- Allows students to begin to articulate the new concept in their own words as a result of actively interacting with the materials and other students who have experience the same materials (usually hands-on, demo, or exploring a model)<br />
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<b>Explain </b>- Teachers use various strategies to encourage student understanding of the concept (video/text)<br />
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<b>Elaborate </b>– Students apply their understanding in a new or different way.<br />
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<b>Evaluate </b>– Students demonstrate their understanding of a concept (often graded using a rubric or formal assessment.)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>With songs, poems, chants, riddles...</b></span><br />
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<b>Engage </b>– Students listen to a song with science content. They respond about what they know about the topic.<br />
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<b>Explore </b>– Matching lyrics/stanzas of a song with different pieces of a demonstration, model, or lab activity; sequencing steps or use it as a cloze<br />
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<b>Explain </b>– Use a poem or song lyrics as a shared reading. Identify vocabulary and main ideas.<br />
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<b>Elaborate/Evaluate</b> – Students create their own song, poem, or chant. Or choreograph the song to match the content meaning.<br />
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<div style="color: orange; text-align: center;"><b>Have another way to incorporate the musical-rhythmic intelligence in the 5-E's? </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: orange;">Please post a comment below and share!</span></b></div>MsDawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101069460629706496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563249951861580183.post-67730856662585161172010-02-17T19:19:00.000-08:002010-02-18T08:28:16.578-08:00Performance Options<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> <span style="color: orange; font-size: small;"><i>Have a cool site you want to share? </i></span></b></span></div><div style="color: orange; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Please post a comment below with the address!</i></b></span></div><br />
Of course, students can perform for the class live. This way students learn public performance skills. Some students are shy or feel more comfortable using a "puppet" to perform for them. Students can use the sites below to practice or as a final performance. They can access these sites from home. Some sites require a log-in, however, many times you can create one class log-in and save multiple files in that account. Other sites have educator accounts. See the sites for more details.<br />
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Blabberize <a href="http://www.blabberize.com/">http://www.blabberize.com</a><br />
Sample: Layers of the Earth Poem <br />
<object align="middle" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" height="408" id="Blabberize.com_Player" width="520"><param name='allowScriptAccess' value='sameDomain' /><param name='movie' value='http://blabberize.com/swf/blabberembedp.swf' /><param name='quality' value='high' /><param name='scale' value='noscale' /><param name='salign' value='lt' /><param name='bgcolor' value='#ccffff' /><param name='FlashVars' value='id=169261' /><embed width='520' height='408' src='http://blabberize.com/swf/blabberembedp.swf' FlashVars='id=169261' quality='high' scale='noscale' salign='lt' bgcolor='#ccffff' name='Blabberize.com_Player' align='middle' allowScriptAccess='sameDomain' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer' /></embed></object> <br />
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Vocaroo <a href="http://www.vocaroo.com/%20%20">http://www.vocaroo.com/ </a> <br />
Sample: States of Matter Poem<br />
<object height="44" width="148"><param name="movie" value="http://vocaroo.com/player.swf?playMediaID=vMyjmCbi9dBlhBIbm&server=m1.vocaroo.com&autoplay=0"></param><embed src="http://vocaroo.com/player.swf?playMediaID=vMyjmCbi9dBlhBIbm&server=m1.vocaroo.com&autoplay=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="148" height="44"></embed></object><br />
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Voki http://www.voki.com/ <br />
Sample: Light Poem<br />
<script language="JavaScript" src="http://vhss-d.oddcast.com/voki_embed_functions.php" type="text/javascript">
</script><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
AC_Voki_Embed(300, 400, 'b1021671850ef1bba15f5659f365f629', 2196479, 1,'', 0);
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Animoto www.animoto.com <br />
Choose songs with science content and present information visually. Animoto will also use videos if you have a digital camera with video features students can perform and animoto it. <br />
sample: science safety<br />
<script src="http://widgets.clearspring.com/o/46928cc51133af17/4b7cb2e11d0b2565/46928cc51133af17/6092b63d/widget.js" type="text/javascript">
</script>MsDawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101069460629706496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563249951861580183.post-56376068930200446282010-02-17T19:14:00.000-08:002012-11-02T19:35:02.026-07:00Sample Physical Science<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-size: large;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"></span> <span style="color: orange; font-size: small;"><i>Have a song you want to share? </i></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Please post a comment below with the words!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-size: large;"><b>Electricity</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Adapted by C. Dawson</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">from School House Rock</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">When you're in the dark and want to see,</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Electricity, Electricity!</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Flip a switch and what do you get?</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Every room can now be lit!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Rub a cat to make it purr,</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">You're building up static in its fur.</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Motionless electricity,</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Is called static, let it be!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Current flowing to and fro,</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">In a closed path, it will go.</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">It makes a circuit of electricity</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">The lights turn on, so you can see!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;"><b>Gravity</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">by Adele Tolley Wilson</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">Gravity is a special force</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">That’s everywhere around.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">It holds our Earth in orbit.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">It keeps us on the ground.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">It pulls things without touching.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">When it’s measured, it’s called weight.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">To overcome the pull of gravity.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">You must accelerate.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-size: large;"><b>Gravity</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">To the tune, "London Bridge is Falling Down"</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Gravity is pulling down,</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Pulling down, pulling down,</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Gravity is pulling down</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">All around you!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Take a ball and toss it high.</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Will it stay in the sky?</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Gravity will pull it down</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">All around you.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Gravity is pulling down,</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Pulling down, pulling down,</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Gravity is pulling down</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">All around you!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Jump up high and down you'll go.</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">There's a force down below.</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Gravity is pulling down</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">All around you.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Gravity is pulling down,</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Pulling down, pulling down,</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Gravity is pulling down</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">All around you</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Retrieved from</span><br />
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http://www.cape.k12.mo.us/blanchard/hicks/News%20Pages/scienceforcepoems.htm </div>
<span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;"><b>The Push-and-Pull Song</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">To the tune, "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" </span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Push, push, push your cart,</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Gently through the store.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Fill it full of lots of things,</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Then let's add some more.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">Pull, pull, pull your sled,</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Gently through the snow.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Let's get on and zip on down.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">How fast can we go?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">Push, push, push the boat,</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">As the wind does blow</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Over the ocean and into the sails,</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">To make the sailboat go.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">Pull, pull pull the flag,</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">As the wind goes by.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Pull the flag to make it flap,</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Look how proud it flies!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">Push, pull, make it move,</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Try and you will see.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Objects move with a push or pull</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Even you and me!</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Retrieved from http://www.cape.k12.mo.us/blanchard/hicks/News%20Pages/scienceforcepoems.htm </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Did You Ever See a Magnet?</b></span><br />
(sung to the tune, "Did you ever see a Lassie?")</div>
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Did you ever see a magnet, a magnet, a magnet?</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Did you ever see a magnet pull this way and that?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">On iron and steel, its pull is unreal!</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Did you ever see a magnet pull this way and that?</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">A magnet has action, it's called an attraction!</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Did you ever see a magnet pull this way and that?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Did you ever see a magnet, a magnet, a magnet?</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Did you ever see a magnet pull this way and that?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;"><b>Magnets</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Author Unknown</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">I am a mighty magnet,</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">I can be very strong.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">But if you use me exactly right</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Nothing can go wrong.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">I can pick up many objects</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">But not everything you see,</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">I only pick up objects</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">That are attracted to me.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">So take me now and try me out</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">And you will quickly see,</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">What different kinds of things</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Are pushed and pulled by me.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">I’ve Turned Magnetic</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">A Poem by Gregory K.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">I wish I could’ve turned athletic,</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">But just my luck… I’ve turned magnetic.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Paper clips fly up to greet me.</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Nails, it seems, can’t wait to meet me.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">I’m sticking to the baby’s stroller.</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Look at me, I’m so bi-polar.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">I make the TV super active.</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">At least the spoons find me attractive.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">The phone’s for me? What’s that you say?</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Why don’t I come out to play?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">I think I’ll have to join you later…</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">I’m stuck on our refrigerator.</span>MsDawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101069460629706496noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563249951861580183.post-43821117433369231542010-02-17T19:09:00.000-08:002012-11-02T19:34:04.225-07:00Sample Earth Science Songs<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: orange; font-size: small;"><i>Have a song you want to share? </i></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Please post a comment below with the words!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;"><b>Forces that Shape the Earth</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">by C. Dawson and S. Pritchett</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">The land on the Earth is slowly changing.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Rocks and soil are rearranging.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">Weathering rocks breaks them down,</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Erosion simply moves them around,</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Deposition drops them to the ground.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">Breaking up rocks ,a destructive force,</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">by wind, ice, water, and plants, of course!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">Weathering rocks breaks them down,</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Erosion simply moves them around,</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Deposition drops them to the ground.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">Now deltas and dunes are deposition</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Sediment dropped in a new position.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">Weathering rocks breaks them down,</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Erosion simply moves them around,</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Deposition drops them to the ground.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">Constructive forces build up the land</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Cooling lava from volcanoes and dunes of sand!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">Weathering rocks breaks them down,</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Erosion simply moves them around,</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Deposition drops them to the ground.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">The land on the Earth is slowly changing.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Rocks and soil are rearranging.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-size: large;"><b>Layers of the Earth</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">by C. Dawson and J. Robison</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">At the center of the Earth is the core,</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">It’s made of solid iron and nickel ore,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Next comes the mantle, it’s molten and hot,</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">It’s the thickest layer; it’s not hard to spot.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">The crust is in many pieces and it’s on top,</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Floating and moving, the plates never stop.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Sometimes the plates slide, crash, and shake,</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Take cover! Remember that’s called an earthquake.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Magma rises up, and forms a volcano,</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Hot smoke and lava, no es bueno!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Earth has three layers: core, mantle, and crust.</span><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">On the planet Earth, all three are a must!</span>MsDawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101069460629706496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563249951861580183.post-72517872229568354472010-02-17T19:03:00.000-08:002012-11-02T19:35:26.642-07:00Sample Life Science Songs<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b> <span style="color: orange; font-size: small;"><i>Have a song you want to share? </i></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Please post a comment below with the words!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Adaptations</b></span></div>
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To the Tune of “Spongebob Squarepants Theme”</div>
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Lyrics by C. Dawson</div>
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Ready, scientists? Aye-aye, teacher. </div>
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I can't hear you... Aye-Aye, teacher!! </div>
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Oh! What helps organisms to thrive and survive? </div>
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Ad-ap-ta-tions!</div>
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Parts and behaviors will keep you alive!</div>
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Ad-ap-ta-tions!</div>
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If you are a bird and its food that you seek…</div>
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Ad-ap-ta-tions!</div>
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The part that will help you to eat is your beak!</div>
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Ad-ap-ta-tions!</div>
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Ad-ap-ta-tions! Ad-ap-ta-tions! Ad-ap-ta-tions! Ad-apt-a-tions!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Metamorphosis: A Butterfly Song</b></span></div>
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(Tune: Up on the Housetop) </div>
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First comes a butterfly and lays an egg.</div>
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Out comes a caterpillar with many legs.</div>
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Oh see the caterpillar spin and spin,</div>
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A little chrysalis to sleep in. </div>
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Oh, oh ,oh wait and see!</div>
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Oh, oh, oh wait and see!</div>
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Out of the chrysalis, my oh my,</div>
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Out comes a beautiful butterfly!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Butterfly Cycle </b></span></div>
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(Tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat)</div>
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By Suzy Gazlay</div>
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Hatch, hatch little egg, I'm so very small. </div>
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Teeny tiny caterpillar, I’m not very tall.</div>
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Crawl, crawl, caterpillar, munching on a leaf. </div>
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Crawling, munching, crawling, munching, eat and eat and eat. </div>
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Form, form chrysalis, I'm a different shape; </div>
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Hanging by a silken thread until I can escape. </div>
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Rest, rest, chrysalis while I change inside; </div>
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Now at last my time has come to be a butterfly. </div>
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Stretch, stretch, pretty wings, it's a special day; </div>
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Soon they will be strong enough for me to fly away. </div>
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Fly, fly, butterfly, fly from flower to tree; </div>
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Find a place to lay my eggs so they can grow like me.</div>
MsDawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101069460629706496noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563249951861580183.post-34196099384532015432010-02-17T18:56:00.001-08:002010-02-17T18:56:26.733-08:00Songs<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Free science lyrics/poems:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.kidsknowit.com/educational-songs">Kids Know It</a></span> </span><br />
<a href="http://www.educationalrap.com/music/science">Science Raps</a> (grades 4-12) (Note: lyrics and clips are free, songs available for purchase)<br />
<a href="https://docs.google.com/a/conroeisd.net/fileview?id=0B_7cvqmTxiZsZDA1ODNhYjgtN2QwOC00NjRkLTllMjAtMTdlZjE3MTBlYzdh&hl=en">Force and Motion Poem - The Door</a><br />
<a href="https://docs.google.com/a/conroeisd.net/fileview?id=0B_7cvqmTxiZsN2IxYTlhZjMtNzE5Yy00ODBiLWEyYzYtMTVkYTkxMTc4ZGE1&hl=en">Magnetism Poems and Song</a><br />
<a href="https://docs.google.com/a/conroeisd.net/fileview?id=0B_7cvqmTxiZsNjIxMmI3OTYtMDA1My00MWRjLTlhNjAtOTNlM2YwNmVhZTdk&hl=en">Body Systems Poems</a><br />
<a href="https://docs.google.com/a/conroeisd.net/fileview?id=0B_7cvqmTxiZsNWI4MTQyYzctMDZkOS00MWI4LWExNWYtNmU1OGE2ODQ4OGQz&hl=en">Electricity Chant</a><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Songs to Purchase/Download:</span></strong><br />
<em><strong>Kid-style:</strong></em> Musically Aligned (K-5) <a href="http://www.musicallyaligned.com/esde.htm">Earth</a> - <a href="http://www.musicallyaligned.com/psde.htm">Physical</a> - <a href="http://www.musicallyaligned.com/lsde.htm">Life</a> <br />
<em><strong>Various styles (mostly kid-style):</strong></em> <a href="http://www.songsforteaching.com/sciencesongs.htm">Songs for Teaching</a> (K-5)<br />
Rap-style: <a href="http://www.educationalrap.com/music/science">Educational Rap</a> (grades 3-12)<br />
<em><strong>Rap-style:</strong></em> <a href="http://www.flocabulary.com/science_listen.html">Flocabulary</a> (gr. 4-12)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Anchor Activities and Choice Boards:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">As one choice on your choice board or as an anchor activity, students can choose to create a poem or song about a science concept. Here are some criteria to use as a guide to making a rubric.</span></span><br />
1. Science concept is clearly represented and explained <br />
2. Song has a rhythm or melody. Poem has appropriate format.<br />
3. has auditory appeal (can be sung or chanted)<br />
4. rich science vocabularyMsDawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101069460629706496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563249951861580183.post-64976512001189971572010-02-17T18:53:00.001-08:002010-02-17T18:55:23.338-08:00Books<span style="font-size: large;"><i>What’s Matter and Other Content Poems</i></span> by Adele Tolley Wilson<a href="http://theperfectpoem.com/"> http://theperfectpoem.com</a> This book is filled with poems to help reinforce the science curriculum. <br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Scien-trickery: Riddles in Science</span></i> by J. Patrick Lewis and Frank Remkewicz <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Science Verse</i></span> by Jon ScieszkaMsDawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101069460629706496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563249951861580183.post-45505581313477236942010-02-17T18:51:00.000-08:002010-02-17T18:51:48.441-08:00ReferencesBaddeley, A.D., & Hitch, G. (1974). <i>Working memory.</i> In G.H. Bower (Ed.), <i>The psychology of learning and motivation: Advances in research and theory</i> (Vol. 8, pp. 47--89). New York: Academic Press<br />
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Gardner, Howard. (1983) "Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences." New York: Basic Books<br />
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Gardner, Howard. (1993) "Multiple Intelligences: The Theory In Practice." New York: Basic Books<br />
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Gardner, Howard. (1999) "Intelligence Reframed: Multiple Intelligences for the 21st Century." New York: Basic Books<br />
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Rasinski, T. V. (1989). Fluency for everyone: Incorporating fluency in the classroom. <span class="u">The Reading Teacher, 42</span>, 690-693. <br />
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Rasinski, T. V. (2003). <span class="u">The fluent reader: Oral reading strategies for building word recognition, fluency, and comprehension</span>. New York: Scholastic.MsDawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101069460629706496noreply@blogger.com0