Resources

As the Copper Cougar sixth graders have been researching their scientists, it's been fun to watch the process they use once we "let them loose" on the quest for info. One boy was reading on a website and said, "I can't use this one. I don't understand the words." Another student asked for help finding a book about her scientist. We were able to provide a wealth of resources, both print and electronic, and help the kids find something that worked for them.

One skill I tried to help them with was breaking the research up within their groups. If I saw all four group members using the exact same resource, and starting with the scientist's early life, I helped them consider different sources and different parts of the person's life.

Next week, we shift to taking the raw info and putting it into a presentation format - talk show, game, etc. Hopefully, they are successful in turning what they know into wonderful presentations on the life and impact of their scientist!

No 2.0 tools here - this teacher has a gameplan that works for her. But I was able to update her chosen content links and order a few new books to update some of what she has used in the past (like "Great Men of Science," published in 1961). Hey! Galileo and Einstein haven't changed much since then . . .