Students Explore Fossil Creatures of the Cambrian Period Burgess Shale through Model-Making

Autor/inn/en	Anderson, Andrea E.; Zhbanova, Ksenia; Gray, Phyllis; Teske, Jolene K.; Rule, Audrey C.
Titel	Students Explore Fossil Creatures of the Cambrian Period Burgess Shale through Model-Making
Quelle	In: Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions, 2 (2016) 1, S.32-57 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2475-966X
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Interdisciplinary Approach; Art Activities; Elementary School Students; Middle School Students; Summer Programs; Conservation (Environment); Recycling; Paleontology; Fuels; Animals; Teaching Methods; STEM Education; National Standards; Models; Hands on Science + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Künstlerische Tätigkeit; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Sommerkurs; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Paläontologie; Treibstoff; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; STEM; Analogiemodell
Abstract	This practical article features an arts-integrated science unit on fossils of the Burgess Shale for fourteen elementary/middle school students at a weeklong summer day camp. The day camp had a theme of recycling, reduction and reuse; all of the fossil models had substantial recycled components to support this theme. Next Generation Science Standards were supported by the course activities in which students examined fossil specimens, images, and comparative modern relatives to determine the anatomy and lifestyles of Burgess Shale Cambrian Period fossil animals (e.g., "Olenoides" trilobites, "Anomalocaris," "Canadaspis," "Opabinia," "Wiwaxia," "Hallucigenia") through making scientific drawings and craft models (3-LS4-1), interpreting the environments in which they thrived by creating a diorama (3-LS4-3), considering how populations change as the environment changes (3-LS4-4), and creating a model of a fossil animal using only recycled plastic bottles, lids, pipe cleaners, beads, and sheet foam (3-5 ETS1-1). Students greeted the activities with great enthusiasm, demonstrating their learning of science content by eventually excelling at a fossil hunter game in which people related to paleontology were connected with their fossil finds or products and through responses to oral questions. Plans, results, and example student products document this effective arts-integrated science and engineering unit. Students expressed pride and excitement regarding their creations. Students engaged socially as they excitedly showed one another their creations and discussed their design choices. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions. Library, University of Northern Iowa, 1227 West 27th Street, Cedar Falls, IA 50613. Tel: 319-273-2965; Fax: 319-273-2913; e-mail: scholarworks@umi.edu; Web site: http://scholarworks.uni.edu/journal-stem-art
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01