Make a Plane that can Fly

3rd grade

Make a Paper Airplane 

that can Fly

1. Look around your house for some paper that you could use to build a paper airplane.

2. Follow this link and pick 3 airplanes to 
makeà Fold and Fly

3. Build your 3 planes.

4. Test each of your planes 3 times.  Measure and see how far did they go? Record your answers.

5. Have fun! 

6. You can post a picture of your planes and your results in Padlet so I can see what you built.

Links to 3rd grade Padlet

How to share your assignment on Padlet

If you need any help or have questions

 please feel free to email me at: 

april.leonard@ isd47.org

Stop Motion Movie Challenge #3

4th & 5th grade

Make A Stop Motion Movie of Your Choice

Tips:

1) Think of an idea that you are excited about

• Movie ideas include short stories, commercials, spoofs, tributes, historical reenactments, music videos, advice segments, something being built or taken apart, a movie previews, video games, a scene from a famous movie, sports, etc.

2) Plan out your story

• Storyboard or outline your story

3) Keep it simple

• Make sure your set, characters, and story are manageable

• Your movies should have a clear beginning, middle, and ending

.

4) Guidelines

• Movies need to be “G” or “PG” and Summit Schools appropriate

• Think Pixar, Disney, PBS Kids, etc.

• Lego guns are not allowed (or any types of guns)

5) Crediting Sources

• If you use images or music that are not from iMovie, you must credit them at the end of your movie.

6) Think about your audience

• Students will see your movie, but so will parents, teachers, principals, and administrators. Make sure you create something you are proud to show.

• Entertain, amaze, make us laugh, tell an interesting story

Remember you can use all sorts of different materials to make a Stop Motion Movie you are not limited to just Legos. I have some examples below of Stop Motion Movies that were made with different materials as well as Legos. 

Video Examples for Inspiration

Lego Stop Motion

Clay Stop Motion

Stop Motion Drawing

Candy Stop Motion 

Padlet Links 

Saving and uploading your Stop Motion Video 

If you need any help or have questions

 please feel free to email me at: 

april.leonard@ isd47.org

Virtual Field Trip: Farms

3rd grade

Discovery Virtual Field Trip Farms

1. Visit the link attached to this activity. It will take you to a website where you can take a virtual field trip to different types of farms!

2. Explore the different tabs on the website. You can learn about dairy cow farms, egg farms, grain farms, apple orchards, and so much more! Watch the videos and take a tour of the different kinds of farms.

3. After you have explored the farms draw a picture of your favorite thing on the virtual field trip of the farms.

4. Tap the mic option to tell us about your drawing and one thing you learned from the virtual field trip. "One thing I learned from the field trip was ______."

Link to Farm field Trip 
A walkthrough of today's lesson

How to share your assignment to Padlet

Links to Padlet (For response)

If you need any help or have questions

 please feel free to email me at: 

april.leonard@ isd47.org

Making a 22nd century home

3rd Grade

Making a 22nd century home

  

In this activity, you will watch a video on Sustainable Development. I know those sound-like big words so lets break it down. Sustainable means to be able to do something for a long time. Sustainable energy is wind, water, and solar. Development means to build and create many things like cars, homes, businesses, and many others.

1.  Watch the video

2.  Draw a design your 22nd century home (How will you heat it? Or cool it down in the summer? Get water? electricity?

3.  Label all the parts of your design

4. (Optional) then make a mockup (model) of your house using cardboard or paper.

5.  Take a video or a picture of your 22nd Century home.

6. Upload your picture or video to Padlet.

7.  Tell us about it in Padlet you can use the mic feature and tell about it or you can type your description.

8. Remember to put your name in the title of your Padlet post.

9. Have fun Your Imagination is Your Only Limitation!

10.Remember you have until next Wednesday to turn this in.

11. Links to Padlet
12. Having troubles opening padlet click here and see if this helps.
13. Click here to have the directions read aloud.

Sustainable Development video

What is Solar Power?

What is Hydro Power?

What is Wind Power?

If you need any help or have questions

 please feel free to email me at: 

april.leonard@ isd47.org

Stop Motion Challenge #2

4th & 5th grade

Stop Motion Challenge

CHALLENGE #2: BUILD-UP OF A LETTER

1.  Make a small build-up of the first letter of your name or your initials

2.  Have the pieces come out and form the letter

3.  You must use all of the following: titles, (optional music…I added this by playing music from another device out load while I recorded, like the voice-over.) If you do add music make sure you give credit by taking pictures of the artist and their song title

4.  You need to use your pictures forward and backward to have your letter built and taken down.

Tips:

1.  Build the letter first and then plan out how it will come together

2.  For a more advanced build-up, have the Lego come out and then build the letter. You might want to slide the bricks on the baseplate rather than sticking them down each time.
3. Make a holder for your iPad if you do not have your kickstand use your imagination there are lots of ways to accomplish making your own iPad holder

Alternative Building Materials: If you don't have Legos you can use Play-doh, Blocks, Clay, paper, cardboard, or K'nex)

Link to how to build Lego letters

Link to Ms. Leonard’s Build up Letter Challenge #2 Example

Link to how to upload your video to Padlet

Link to Padlets

If you need any help or have questions

 please feel free to email me at: 

april.leonard@ isd47.org