Tuesday, October 21, 2014

A Plethora of Topics for Self-Directed Learning

Our fifth grade students just had a great overnight camp experience at Camp Bournedale in Plymouth, MA. They participated in a trip to the beach to study coastal ecology, a trip on a lobster boat to catch and release creatures, a three part marine lab that included shark dissection, and an extensive team building course. There were also presenters who were fantastic. A reptile/amphibian guy and a very engaging magician.

Throughout this two day adventure, I watched my students get completely enthralled in all different topics. I felt the need to capture these general topics to remind the students just in case they were enthralled enough to pursue any of them for their self directed learning projects. Below are some pictures and the list I created in my iPhone notes app.

Bio magnification center

Magician

Huge horseshoe crab

Shark dissection

Shark jaw

Submarines made from a piece of straw, water and clay. Trying to find neutral buoyancy.

Negative buoyancy


I found a new friend.
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Self Directed learning

- Sharks
- Other kinds of sea life (crabs, coral, etc.)
- Parts of the body - sharks, human or other
- Classification of living things 
- Reptiles and amphibians
- Buoyancy/ Submarines
- Magic



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