Student Application

Enjoy this brief introduction to Native Americans in the West through folk tales, where they lived, how they lived with each other and how they live today.

Learning Objectives

1. Students will gain a greater understanding of the contributions of different groups of American Indians from the West.
2. Students will realize the importance of culture, storytelling, arts, and the respect for nature in different American Indian groups.
3. Students will understand how the cultures of those groups...
   
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Supporting Activities

1. Make a Totem Pole. Ask students to think of a message, a story, or a lesson that they would like to relate to others. Have students create a totem pole using the medium of their choice (carve soap, paint on paper, etc – ask students to be creative). Ask each student to write down what each part of their totem pole symbolizes and explain it to the c...
   
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Student Application

Use your five senses to discover the properties of matter.

Learning Objectives

1. Students will learn matter is all of the stuff in our world.
2. Students will understand matter has mass and takes up space.
3. Students will know matter has different properties. You can use your five senses to discover the properties of different matter.
4. Students will understand all matter i...
   
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Supporting Activities

1. Mystery Box. Have students use their five senses to describe the different properties of matter. Fill several shoeboxes with various items (thimble, cotton ball, orange slice, etc.) Have students work in pairs. One student should close his eyes while the other student hands him objects from the mystery box. The student should use his senses ...
   
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