Hello Parents!
As part of your child’s Friday studio program, your child attends a science class! To demonstrate an understanding of content from this year your child has been asked to choose one topic we have covered for their end of the year science project. Students have learned: simple machine, 3 states of matter, light and heat from the Sun, heat (friction), sound, electricity and static electricity, the relationships between the Sun, Earth, and Moon, how living and non-living things interact in an environment, force- 3 laws of motion, and momentum. By choosing a topic, students’ objective is to become the teacher in one of these areas from science for others. Your child will need to be able to explain their topic of choice with a creative visual that helps teach others what they want to be the expert on. Please do not see this project as a science fair! Students may choose any means necessary for their visual presentation. Some ideas include, but are not limited to:
- Poster or tri-fold board
- Brochure
- Hands on experiment
- Experiment demonstration by student (must be able to show over and over)
- Board game
- Video (Example: Make their own Bill Nye)
- Performance or skit
- Diorama
- Create a book
- Create a lesson or work
Projects are due April 14th, a Friday. From 1:00pm-2:30pm, students from other grades and parents will get to tour and learn from our student teachers! Set up will be in the gym. If your child’s project takes up some room or is delicate, projects may arrive by noon on the 14th.
A rubric will be used a tool to help their teacher know if they have sufficient understanding of their content. The level of understanding your child exhibits will be used to score their science section on the Maria Montessori Academy progress report.
Please email me if you have any further questions- kparsons@mariamontessoriacademy.org
Thank you,
Kaley Parsons