Day 8: A Lot, Some, Little Activity
Some students may be ready to go as soon as you give them the opportunity to pick ANY topic that they want to explore. Others may have ideas...
that may need some work.
If this is your first time, you may want to have your students do a little pre-searching before picking a topic. When you pre-search, you use Google or any search engine to dig a little deeper into different topics.
Ask yourself:
Before you have kids do this, make sure you do 3 things: MODEL, MODEL, & MODEL!
Career Resources - What do you want to be when you grow up? Includes links to learn about different careers.
If this is your first time, you may want to have your students do a little pre-searching before picking a topic. When you pre-search, you use Google or any search engine to dig a little deeper into different topics.
Ask yourself:
- What's new or interesting that I didn't know about this topic before?
- What new questions do I have now?
- Are there any connections that I can make with other topics?
After students have decided on a topic like "Dogs" or "3D Printing" or "kite-flying"...or...
We have students explore their topics a little further using an A Lot, Some, Little table (which is available on our TpT site - woohoo!)
Before you have kids do this, make sure you do 3 things: MODEL, MODEL, & MODEL!
No. Not like that.
Walk your kids through the process. Without modeling, you will get a LOT of charts that look like this:
Topic: Dogs
A Lot: fluffy, hairy, big, 4 legs, 2 eyes, big tail, Rover is the best!
Remind your students to think about the smaller topics within each category. What do you know A LOT about? What do you know some things about, but maybe you aren't an expert in? What have you heard an adult talk about or one of your friends mention once or twice?
As your students work on this chart, walk around and help them dive deeper into their topics and stretch themselves to add to the list. They will be using a topic from the Some or A Little category for their Genius Hour projects?
WAIT A MINUTE...WHAT'S THAT?! You have some kids who can't doooooooo it...take a step back. Maybe direct them toward our Growth Mindset posters. Do some pre-searching OR have them fill out a chart like this to get their juices flowin'!
Resources:
Science Kids: Fun Science & Technology for Kids Includes a wide variety of science related topics with interactive resources.
Career Resources - What do you want to be when you grow up? Includes links to learn about different careers.
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