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Day 14- Sit in your SP for 20 minutes and notice what types of plants are around. Collect some and try using them to make marks on your paper. Label each mark with the names of the plant it came from. (Or a description if you don't know the name.) Then make a drawing with your new art materials!
Day 14- Sit in your SP for 20 minutes and notice what types of plants are around. Collect some and try using them to make marks on your paper. Label each mark with the names of the plant it came from. (Or a description if you don't know the name.) Then make a drawing with your new art materials!
After you are done, review your spelling with a parent or guardian. Talk about how to spell anything you misspelled.
After you are done, review your spelling with a parent or guardian. Talk about how to spell anything you misspelled.
Day 15- Sit in your SP for 20 minutes and decide on some data that you have recorded (types of birds, plants different trees) to make in a data visualization. The example below started by collecting data on the types of trees visible from the Special Spot and was demonstrated by making a line for each tree of each type. You could keep track of how many people pass by, trash that you clean up or anything else that you can think of!
Day 15- Sit in your SP for 20 minutes and decide on some data that you have recorded (types of birds, plants different trees) to make in a data visualization. The example below started by collecting data on the types of trees visible from the Special Spot and was demonstrated by making a line for each tree of each type. You could keep track of how many people pass by, trash that you clean up or anything else that you can think of!
*Extension- write some story problems with your data. (Example: If the 7 flowering trees grow leaves, how many trees total will have leaves?)
*Extension- write some story problems with your data. (Example: If the 7 flowering trees grow leaves, how many trees total will have leaves?)
An example of a data visualization counting different types of trees. (4 evergreen, 2 bare, 7 flowering and 5 with leaves.
How many of each type are in this version?
Another Day- Sit in your SP for 20 minutes. Focus your observations on forgotten objects and places where there may be hidden artifacts. Look for bumps in the ground, bits sticking out from behind other things etc. Really use your eagle eyes! Investigate by moving things around, clearing off dirt, brushing etc and with permission digging. Once you have found some artifacts make a timeline for your SP. If it's at your house when did you move there? Did someone live there before you? If your SP is at a park when was it established? What was it before it was a park (or your house) Ask a parent or guardian for help researching. See how far back you can go on your timeline- who lived on your SP before the United States was colonized? (Hint: Baltimore County was the hunting ground for the Susquehannock Tribe.) What was it before people arrived? Try and place your artifacts on your timeline, either by laying it out on the ground and marking with sidewalk chalk or drawing pictures in your journal. Keep adding to it as you find more treasures.
Another Day- Sit in your SP for 20 minutes. Focus your observations on forgotten objects and places where there may be hidden artifacts. Look for bumps in the ground, bits sticking out from behind other things etc. Really use your eagle eyes! Investigate by moving things around, clearing off dirt, brushing etc and with permission digging. Once you have found some artifacts make a timeline for your SP. If it's at your house when did you move there? Did someone live there before you? If your SP is at a park when was it established? What was it before it was a park (or your house) Ask a parent or guardian for help researching. See how far back you can go on your timeline- who lived on your SP before the United States was colonized? (Hint: Baltimore County was the hunting ground for the Susquehannock Tribe.) What was it before people arrived? Try and place your artifacts on your timeline, either by laying it out on the ground and marking with sidewalk chalk or drawing pictures in your journal. Keep adding to it as you find more treasures.
Leave plenty of space on the more recent end of your timeline because those artifacts will be the most plentiful.
Leave plenty of space on the more recent end of your timeline because those artifacts will be the most plentiful.
*Extension- Create a labeled museum type display for your treasures with boxes and cardboard from your recycling.
*Extension- Create a labeled museum type display for your treasures with boxes and cardboard from your recycling.
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