movement activity, hands-on rocket construction experience. their heights. Multiple Means Multiple means of expression include listening and speaking, constructing of rockets with craft materials, describing with words and gestures. SMP 2: Reason abstractly and Representation Multiple means of engagement include movement activities, hands-on quantitatively Students explain why Multiple Means – construction experiences, video and song. they think one rocket is taller than the for Action and other. Expression Time: Multiple Means In order to provide students ample time to complete this activity, teachers may SMP 3: Construct Viable Arguments for Engagement choose to extend this activity to a weeklong experience to provide time for and critique the reasoning of others – Key Questions small groups of children to work with the teacher. It could be done by rotation Students will listen to and either Formative Assessment or working with a different group each day. agree or disagree with fellow Summary thinking about the heights students’ Materials: of the rockets. paper towel rolls cut in various lengths SMP 4: Model with Mathematics cone-shaped paper cups – Students will build two rockets of tongue depressors different heights, align them, and box determine which is taller or shorter. aluminum foil (optional) Alternative materials: Any object that has obvious differences of height SMP 5: Use appropriate tools can be used (multilink cubes) strategically Students will use the – tube, cone, and foil to build two Introduction: rockets. Ask: could we travel to outer space? A car? No. A bus? No A rocket “How ship? Yes!! Today we are going to make our own rocket ships”. Starting Out Pass out a paper towel roll and a cone to each child and have them cover the roll and cone with aluminum foil, if desired. Then they can use the materials to make a rocket by putting the cone on top of the paper towel roll and decorating it. Guiding Children’s Actions Have each child compare the height of his or her rocket with a do this, they should put the rockets on the table side by neighbor’s. To
Multiple Means of Representation Multiple Means for Action and Expression Multiple Means for Engagement Key Questions Formative Assessment Summary movement activity, hands-on rocket construction experience. Multiple means of expression include listening and speaking, constructing rockets with craft materials, describing with words and gestures. Multiple means of engagement include movement activities, hands-on construction experiences, video and song. Time: In order to provide students ample time to complete this activity, teachers may choose to extend this activity to a weeklong experience to provide time for small groups of children to work with the teacher. It could be done by rotation or working with a different group each day. Materials: paper towel rolls cut in various lengths cone-shaped paper cups tongue depressors box aluminum foil (optional) Alternative materials: Any object that has obvious differences of height can be used (multilink cubes) Introduction: Ask: “How could we travel to outer space? A car? No. A bus? No A rocket ship? Yes!! Today we are going to make our own rocket ships”. Starting Out Pass out a paper towel roll and a cone to each child and have them cover the roll and cone with aluminum foil, if desired. Then they can use the materials to make a rocket by putting the cone on top of the paper towel roll and decorating it. Guiding Children’s Actions Have each child compare the height of his or her rocket with a neighbor’s. To do this, they should put the rockets on the table side by their heights. SMP 2: Reason abstractly and quantitatively – Students explain why they think one rocket is taller than the other. SMP 3: Construct Viable Arguments and critique the reasoning of others – Students will listen to and either agree or disagree with fellow students’ thinking about the heights of the rockets. SMP 4: Model with Mathematics – Students will build two rockets of different heights, align them, and determine which is taller or shorter. SMP 5: Use appropriate tools strategically – Students will use the tube, cone, and foil to build two rockets.