K-2 Topic Specific Links and Activities - Brunswick School Department Learning, Enrichment, Academic, Arts Program (LEAP)Brunswick School Department Learning, Enrichment, Academic, Arts Program (LEAP)

KINESPHERE-Kinetics and sphere connect to create a bubble space

Tissue Dance

Everyone puts a tissue on their head before playing music.
Start the music
Begin dancing
Don’t let the tissue hit the ground (If the tissue starts to fall, players can catch the tissue and put it back on your head. However, if the tissue lands on the floor, they are out!)
Last one with a tissue on their head wins!

Fancy Dance Song– Sing and gesture along with the music.

Motion

PBS Kids-science experiments using simple materials and positively support a child’s experiential learning.

Look for titles under the heading Forces and Energy: Move It http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/

Learning Games for Kids-interactive games to play and songs to hear that enhance the LEAP learning about motion. http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/motion-games.html

SENSES

Education.com -Kinesthetic Intelligence in the Early Childhood Classroom

No Time for Flashcards –Active learning activities

Neuroscience for Kids –This site supports younger students’ learning about neuroscience through kid-friendly activities.

Tiny Grads –Video about the five senses that includes a simple explanation of how each of the senses work alone and with each other.

Pattern and Shape

Math, Science and Art for Kids, Patterns, Shape and Lines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn8Xz_F9ZnI

Shape Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsR0h50BiFQ&list=PL1B01AF47FA8AC669

Shapes in Nature, cool video that transforms images from one shape to another https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1P1ADYBjFw

Shapes are Everywhere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i83qLjOgURU

Multi-Age

See Grades 1 and 2

Grade 1

Simple Machines

Mocomi Kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiarGb_LK10

Awesome Skills for Awesome Kids https://diy.org/skills/mechanicalengineer/challenges/714/build-a-simple-machine

Water Cycle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtgBHsSzCPE

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/energy-light-sound/light-absorb-reflectrefract.htm

http://www.hometrainingtools.com/learn-about-rainbows/a/1596/

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/light.html

http://curiosity.discovery.com/question/why-sometimes-rainbows-each-other

Clouds (use cotton balls to create your own cloud shapes)

CLOUDS
Your pet cloud likes to play
And gather water droplets all day
Change its shape to suit your mood
Learning cloud names supplies your brain
with food
Cumulus clouds are full and puffy
Cumulonimbus clouds are tall, dark and
huffy
Stratus clouds hover and tickle you with
raindrops and snow
Cirrus clouds are high in the air and offer
visions to let your imagination go
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Grade 2

Arthropods

Make an collage artwork of arthropods in their habitat. Include what you know about their habitats, food source, physical features, and predators. Use any materials you can find around your house. Tape or glue the pieces into place. Write scientific descriptions about the important parts of your artwork. See some of the collages created by groups of second grade students a few years ago.

Something for Everyone-A collection of videos on Arthropds- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnV1dSyu61FmEogHVPWpn11ZPTGvKyKJR

Video of some of Marine Arthropods, most found in Maine- http://shapeoflife.org/video/marine-arthropods-successful-design

Dive Training Magazine’s article on arthropods of Maine-https://dtmag.com/thelibrary/arthropods-lobsters-shrimps-crabs-barnacles-and-the-pods/

Maine Entomological Society– Our guest scientist is a member of the Society. Their website offers lots of information and events. http://www.colby.edu/MES/

The Arthropod Story-The evolution of the Arthropod-http://tolweb.org/treehouses/?treehouse_id=3923

Gila Monster

Gila Monster Wrestling Battle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCRy5Q_5kIo

Gila Monster Bite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swlozUKuvFI

National Geographic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI6aFbBUqkY

Gila Monster Eating Quail Eggs https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/87167/12-biting-facts-about-gila-monsters

Birds-Beaks, Feathers, Feat and Song