Measure Wind Speed with Your Own Wind Meter Key concepts Atmosphere Environment Speed Weather Wind Introduction Have you ever wondered how wind is made? Wind is caused by a difference in air pressure. Air travels from areas of higher pressure to places where there is less pressure. An anemometer looks like a weather vane, but instead of measuring which direction the wind is blowing with pointers, it has four cups so that it can more accurately measure wind speed. Background Air is made up of tiny molecules. Because air pressures are inclined to balance out, when there is an area of relatively lower air pressure, the surrounding air in higher pressure areas moves in. Materials • Five three-ounce paper cups (such as Dixie Cups) • Paper hole punch or sharpened pencil • Ruler • Two straws • Pin • Stapler • Pencil with eraser • Fan with different speeds (optional) • Timer (optional) Procedure • Take a single-hole cup and push a straw through the hole until about one inch of the straw is inside the cup.
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More downloads - Phil Race Please note that all downloads on my website are free. If anyone tries to charge you for them, don’t pay, but let me know by emailing me (email address under the photo on all pages). This page contains the further download materials which I normally leave on the site permanently, and update from time to time. Please go to the Home page (containing new posts), and ‘archive of older posts’ for individual materials from particular events at individual universities or colleges, which I normally leave up only for a limited time. About downloading my materialsIt’s interesting that many more people seem to download my slides from workshops, and handout materials, than were actually at the relevant sessions I ran. ‘Ripples’ model of seven factors underpinning successful learningI continue to develop these slides, and you can see them in those I post for many of my workshops on the home page. Compendium on FeedbackA collection of my writing on feedback, from my latest two books.
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Simple Patterns: Foundation Level Indicator of progress The ability to recognise patterns is an important aspect of students’ mathematical progress. At this level patterns are made with objects such as attribute blocks as well as pictures. Once students can successfully describe and extend patterns by varying a single attribute, the next stage is to vary more than one attribute. Illustration 1: Making and extending patterns In order to make and extend patterns with shapes students need to recognise similarities and differences between shapes. Illustration 2: Describing patterns As well as forming patterns, students need to use appropriate language to describe them. Examples of the types of tasks that would be illustrative of simple pattern concepts, aligned from the Mathematics Online Interview: First year of schooling detour' Q II (b), (c), (d) - Identify, copy, continue a pattern of coloured teddies Teaching strategies Activity 1: Sorting Give pairs of students a set of about 20 objects. Activity 3: Recording patterns
Home | ACARA 2 Compelling Reasons for Using the Studio Habits of Mind in Your Art Room Magazine / 2 Compelling Reasons for Using the Studio Habits of Mind in Your Art Room Over a decade ago, researchers with Harvard’s Project Zero identified The Studio Habits of Mind. Through research, Lois Hetland and her team classified and named eight Studio Habits which include: Develop Craft, Engage & Persist, Envision, Express, Observe, Reflect, Stretch & Explore and Understand Art Worlds. Since then, the eight Habits have been a continuous force in reshaping how progressive art education is organized and administered. As you can see, these are not novel ideas in art ed. They are, in fact, the basis of best practices in the art room. Incorporating the Studio Habits into Your Curriculum There are many authentic ways to use The Studio Habits of Mind regardless of your students’ ages or artistic levels. Recently, I had the opportunity to reach out Paige Byrne, an elementary art educator from Washington D.C., for some advice on how she incorporates the Studio Habits in her art room. 1.
Richard Shilling - Land Art How to Teach Drawing to Children This essay was inspired by an Australian mother whose son, age eight, was feeling discouraged and wanted help in learning to draw better. She wanted to know how to help him. Observation drawing provides the method of choice. Children who know me sometimes ask me how to draw better. Shading From contour drawing, we often move to shading. Gesture drawing is good for drawing people, animals, and objects that are active and in motion, or for content that is charged with emotional quality. Children also learn some great thinking skills by working from imagination, from inventing, from designing, and so on. Even though the work of other artists may be very inspirational and very educational, I avoid showing the work of other artists as an introduction to doing artwork. I suggest saving a child's drawings in a folder in order to keep a record.