Circus Time: Making Predictions Using Our Senses
Presented by: Kelly Waitkus
Subject Area(s):
- K-12: Science
- K-12: General
Grade Level(s):
Description:
Children practice making predictions using their five senses prior to going on a trip to the circus. Later they creating a check list and circus senses' book from the items they fulfilled on their checklist.
Goals & Objectives:
Students will be able to work with a partner to make predictions on what they will see, hear, touch, taste and smell at the circus. They will create a check list of items. They will evaluate their list and create a circus book based on their predictions using their senses.
Materials:
Access to internet, books, and magazines
Check list template
Construction paper, glue, sissors, crayons, and pencils
Procedures:
- Discuss with your partner what you know about the circus. If you need to find out more information, use other resources (books,internet) to find out more.
- Complete the check list making predictions about the circus based on your senses.
- Go to the circus.
- Review your check list highlighting all the predictions that came true.
- With your partner, create a book using construction paper of all the senses you used at the circus and fulfilled on your check list. Each page of your book should reflect one of the senses.
- You may draw or cut out pictures to create your book.
- Be creative and have fun.
- Share with the class your book.
Assessment:
A 3-point rubric:
3-Check list is complete and appropriate items are placed in correct sense column. Complete book of five pages(included sense and circus picture representations and labels for pictures.
2-Incomplete checklist and/or book.
1-No predictions made and book is not complete.
Supporting Files:
- Circus_Checklist.doc
Circus Checklist
Standards:
National Information Literacy Standards (K-12)
Accesses information efficiently and effectively.
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Develops and uses successful strategies for locating information.
Evaluates information critically and competently.
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Determines accuracy, relevance and comprehensiveness.
Uses information accurately and creatively
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Organizes information for practical application.
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Integrates new information into one's own knowledge.
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Produces and communicates information and ideas in appropriate formats
Information Skills and Subskills (K-16)
Definition
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Identifies requirements of research task
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Determines amount/type of information needed to complete research task
Exploration
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Explores range of information resources
Collection
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Locates relevant information within selected sources
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Identifies and extracts relevant information from selected sources
Organization
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Filters out irrelevant information
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Summarizes/synthesizes/classifies final information
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Organizes final information for presentation
Presentation
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Assembles organized information for presentation
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Presents results
- Subject: K-12: Science
National Content Standards (K-12)
Life Sciences
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Understands relationships among organisms and their physical environment