Kindergarten Videos
I hope you enjoy these videos from our school year.
2021 - 2022
On this page are videos from some of this year's science lessons. Students will be reflecting on inquiry-based observations, activities, investigations and experiments in order to increase their understanding of science instruction. Interpreting, analyzing, and interacting with science is a critical aspect in the classroom and can be seen in these videos. It is my intention that these videos spark conversations at home about science and what we are learning in the classroom.
*FYI - THIS WEB PAGE IS BEST VIEWED FROM A LAPTOP OR DESKTOP - WHEN VIEWING FROM A MOBILE DEVICE SOME IMAGES MAY APPEAR TO BE CUT OFF. Some formats that I use to create these videos give me control over the music volume when students are talking and some do not. I apologize if some students are harder to hear.
Science Topic: CHICKEN LIFE CYCLE
LEARNING GOAL: After completing the lessons in this unit, students will know that chickens grow through a life cycle just like other plants and animals. They begin their development inside an egg, they hatch approximately 21 days later, and then grow until they are mature. There are many breeds of chickens.
Kindergarten Music Video
BETTER WHEN I'M HATCHING!
The girls created a music video with their own dance moves about the life cycle of a chicken to the tune of "Better When I'm Dancin'" by Meghan Trainor. ENJOY!
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The Life Cycle of a Chicken
The girls have been learning about the chicken life cycle. They each made a poster that shows the different stages a chicken will go through during their life cycle. In the second video the girls shared something they learned about the life cycle of a chicken. We will be getting eggs soon to watch them hatch first hand. Stay tuned!!!
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Science Topic: TOOLS & INVENTIONS
LEARNING GOAL: After completing the lessons in this unit, students will be able to: Evaluate the usefulness of inventions, design an invention, and devise a solution to a problem using an invention.
Way to go, girls!!!
The Kindergarten Invention Convention
Kindergarten students have been working in their homerooms, the science room, the iWonder Lab, and at home to create an invention that is new and is helpful. The girls all came up with wonderful ideas. The lower school students were so impressed not only with the girls' inventions but their presentation skills as well. Congratulations, girls on a job well done! We are all so proud of you!
There are 2 videos in this section. One is from the day of the Invention Convention and the other is one that we prepared to showcase the girls' work.
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Learning about Inventions
We have been learning in the Kindergarten homerooms and in science class about inventions and how they solve a problem. The girls are working together (by class) to help solve a problem for a member of our AIS community. Each class interviewed their homeroom teacher to find out what problems she may encounter in her every day life. The girls used empathy to design an invention that solved one of the problems.
Mrs. Slezak's class learned (after their interview) that the on / off switch on the classroom SmartBoard it too high to reach and she often struggles to find something to help her turn it on and off. The girls designed a contraption (with the engineering help of Mr. Mathisen and our 3-D printer) that will help her reach the button. There is a separate video is this section from the day we presented the invention to her. The girls were so excited!
Mrs. Zachary's class learned (after their interview) that it is challenging to come up with a question for morning meeting every single school day. The girls worked together to come up with enough topics for every school day for the rest of the school year and then they created a "robot" looking friend that will dispense their ideas every day.
They have such kind hearts and displayed empathy while creating a solution to a problem for another person. We are so proud of them!
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Science Topic: FLOAT & SINK
LEARNING GOAL: Students will categorize a variety of objects according to observable characteristics (sink or float). Students will be encouraged to observe that the same objects will sink or float every time. All students will predict whether given objects sink or float.
S.T.E.A.M. Project - Designing Boats
For this S.T.E.A.M. project, the Kindergarten girls were posed a question: How can we, as engineers, design a boat to travel across a tank from end to end? The girls used foam boat hulls and then decided how many sails to put on their boat, what shapes to use, how high the sails should be, where they should be placed, and they also decorated their boats. On a separate day we then went to the Upper School rowing tanks and with the help of three large fans we set sail. We all had a great time! :)
A special thank you to Mrs. Walker who came in and helped the girls with their design process and Mrs. Willingham who taught the girls a mini lesson about the history of boats, as well as Mrs. Keidel, Mrs. Elizardi, and all of the teachers who came to give a helping hand on the day of the Regatta. THANK YOU!
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Science Topic: THE FOUR SEASONS
LEARNING GOAL: The students will learn about the four seasons and what they are called. The students will be able to describe the how the season affects the weather, outdoor activities, and what they wear. The students will be able to explain how the Earth's angle determines the seasons.
The 4 Seasons
The girls have been learning about the 4 seasons in science class. In this video they are sharing what they know in front of a green screen. Then we superimposed seasonal images behind them. They had a great time, learned a lot, and were very focused! Great job!
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Fall Leaves
As part of our study of the 4 seasons, the girls explored the AIS campus looking for fall leaves of many sizes, shapes, and colors. I then showed them a leaf press and how the leaves turn out differently when they are dried and pressed versus just left out to dry. Srt. Montse joined us on our walk and we were able to connect our English science words with Spanish words for Fall and the leaf colors! Thank you also to Ms. Jacoby for joining us as well!
The second video linked in this section shows the creations of LEAF ANIMALS the students made with the dried leaves. Well done girls!!!
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Science Topic: THE FIVE SENSES
LEARNING GOAL: Learning the five senses helps children better explore the world around them. This fun-filled, hands-on unit helps students gain a better understanding of sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell.
Science & iWonder: 5 Senses!
Today we worked in science with Mrs. Walker! We had 2 stations to learn about the 5 senses. In one station the girls used the 3Doodler, which is a 3D printing pen, to doodle the body parts associated with the 5 senses. We put these 3D doodled body parts on a real potato and created a 5 senses Ms. Potato Head (and Mr. Savar Potato Head). In the other station the girls worked with the KIBO Robots. They used the mindset of engineers to build and program robots that can see and hear. We are so proud of these Kindergarten scientists!!!!
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Names in Braille
For the sense of touch, one of the activities we did was write our names in Braille. We learned how to form the letters of the alphabet and used gem stickers as the raised dots to write our names. We also learned that all around the AIS lower school we have Braille on the classroom signs outside of every door. My favorite quote of the day was when one student asked if we are going to bring these home today. When I said, "Yes!" her response was. "Great! This will really jazz up my room!" :)
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Tasting Popcorn
On the way into the science classroom today when the students saw popcorn on tables...one of the girls passionately stated, "Hey guys, we are going to be using our sense of taste today!" You may have heard the cheers yourself from wherever you were today when I said, "YES!" The girls used their sense of taste to decide which popcorn had butter and which was plain. At the end of science class a few girls told me that, "Taste day is the best day in the whole world!" I'm so glad that the girls enjoyed the class and learned a lot too! Please ask your daughters to tell you what the bumps are called that you can see on your tongue. You just might learn something new too! :)
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(The answer is ... Papillae - tastebuds are too small to see and located around the papillae.)
The Science of Sound
Continuing our study of the 5 Senses, we focused on the science of sound. We learned about vibration, pitch, and sound waves. We made our own rain storm sound effect.
On a different day (in a second video) we had a science class with Ms. Haines, Mr. Savar, and Srt. Montse. We learned that science doesn't only happen in the science lab. We used string telephones and looked at musical instruments to HEAR the VIBRATIONS.
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Stained Glass - Sense of Sight
Kindergarten students learned about light. They saw how different parts of stained glass lets different amount of light through. We used new vocabulary words... TRANSPARENT, TRANSLUCENT, and OPAQUE.
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Painting with Jello - Sense of Smell
To continue learning about our sense of smell, the girls drew a picture of something they like to smell and then we "painted" with Jello to make a "smelly picture." Although the room smells very sweet...it is also very sticky. Thank you to my helpers who helped with clean up! :)
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First Day of Science:
Shrinky Dink Experiment
Question: What will happen when you put a sheet of plastic into an oven? Watch and find out!!! We used special shrinky dink paper for this experiment. The students watched as their creations twisted, curled, and shrank in the oven and they were able to take home their creations today. Please enjoy this video from our time in science .
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