Unit+3+Creative+Ideas

=Key Question: =  What does it mean to be creative? = = =Expanding Concepts: =
 * How do inventors turn ideas into inventions?
 * How many ways can we communicate?
 * When are creative ideas good? When are they bad?
 * When can creative ideas solve problems?
 * Where do creative ideas come from?

= Web Resources: = http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/ http://www.kidport.com/Reflib/Science/Animals/Arachnids.htm http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSOWantsAndNeeds-WithMagazinePics12.htm http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/economics/wantsandneeds1.htm http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/iap/ http://www.kidport.com/Reflib/Science/Animals/Arachnids.htm =[|Reading A-Z:]= Level J __All About Kites__ nf __Bonk's New Bike__ f Level M __Sally Ride__ nf __A Nation on Wheels__ nf __Magnetism__ nf Level N __Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tsunamis__ nf __Speed__ nf __We're in Business__ f = = =[|Discovery Streaming:]= The Blue Dragon: Slipping and Sliding How Things Move Difference Between Wants and Needs Economy in and Between Communities Everybody Needs Shelter How our Economy Works: All about Earning and Spending Money The Number Crew: Super Models Insects Junior Zoologist: Insects Debbie Greenthumb: How Plants Grow Plants Can Be Found Everywhere The Importance of Plants To Our World Where Plants Come From

= IS Resources: = The Way Things Work CD ROM 1645-A 1645-B 1645-C 1645-D Adventures With Oslo: Tools and Gadgets CD ROM 43096-4 primary/inter Creepy Crawlers CD ROM 1761 Spiders CD ROM 1611 A World of Animals CD ROM 1773-A 1773-B Primarily Plants: 372.3 PRI Wildlife Wonders: GeoSafari SCIENCE KIT A World of Plants CD ROM 1773a-A 1773a-B 1773a-C

= Print Resources: = = Read Aloud: =

Picture Books:
__The Amazing Machine__ Eggleton, Jill TR EGG (Lake Agassiz) Big book __The Berenstain Bears Fly-It!__ F BER (Kelly, Lewis and Clark, Phoenix, Viking, Wilder, Winship) __Beware the Fish!__ Korman, Gordon F KOR (Ben Franklin, Century) __Broccoli-Flavored Bubble Gum__ McGivern, Justin F MCG (Eielson, Kelly, Lake Agassiz, Phoenix, Wilder, Winship) __Dog For a Day__ Gackenback, Dick F GAC (Ben Franklin, Eielson, Century, Lake Agassiz, Twing, Phoenix, Viking, Wilder) __Gravity Buster__ Asch, Frank F ASC (Ben Franklin, Phoenix) __All About Spiders__ DeAgostini 594.4 ALL (Kelly) __Amazing Fact Book of Spiders__ Wootton, Anthony 595.44 WOO (Century, Twining) __Amazing Spiders__ Schnieper, Claudia 595.4 SCH (Century, Phoenix, Valley, Viking, West) __Are You a Spider?__ Allen, Judy 595.4 ALL (Eielson) __Granny Groggin__ Eggleton, Jill F EGG (Lake Agassiz) __Granny Groggin__ Eggleton, Jill TR EGG (Lake Agassiz) Big Book __The Berenstain Bears grow-it!__ Berenstain, Jan F BER (Kelly, Viking)

Chapter Books:
__Brainstorm!__ Tucker, Tom 609.2 TUC (Century, Phoenix, Schroeder, Valley) __The Car__ Parker, Steve 629.2 PAR (Phoenix) __The Children's Atlas of Scientific Discoveries and Inventions__ Dunn, Andrew R 509 DUN (Kelly, Lake Agassiz) __The Dumpster Diver__ Wong, Janet F WON (Eielson, Century, Kelly, Lewis & Clark, Viking, West, Wilder) = Library Media Collections: = All about plant pollination: fruit, flowers Video Cass.#137 (Ben Franklin) Dandelion Cutting, Brian Sunshine books, Level I TR CUT (Century, Kelly, Lake Agassiz, West) The Dandelion KIT E23 6BKS (Ben Franklin) KIT E44 6 BKS (Century) KIT 6BKS (Kelly) KIT G1 6BKS (Lake Agassiz) KIT E5 6Bks (Viking) Different Faces in Different Places TR 500 DIF 1BigBK 6BKS 1AC Cards (Ben Franklin, Century, Kelly, Lake Agassiz, Lewis & Clark, Phoenix, Viking, West, Wilder, Winship) How Plants Grow: A Unit of Study VIDEO CASS. (Phoenix) The Magic School Bus Goes to Seed VIDEO CASS. (Eielson, Viking, West) The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds KIT P27 (Ben Franklin) Plant VIDEO CASS. (Viking, West) Plants and Seeds Walker, Colin KIT I-37 (Eielson) Primarily Plants AIMS TR 372.3 PRI (Ben Franklin, Eielson, Century, Kelly, Lake Agassiz, Lewis & Clark, Phoenix, Viking, West, Wilder, Winship) Tiny Seed Carle, Eric KIT (CH1) (Eielson, Phoenix) What's All the Buzz About? TR 581 WHA 1BiGBK 6 BKS 1 AC (Ben Franklin, Century, Kelly, Lake Agassiz, Lewis & Clark, Phoenix, Viking, West, Wilder, winship) The Berenstain Bears Fly-It Stan and Jan Berenstain KIT 6BKS Amazing World of Spiders Craig, Janet KIT 6BKS (Century, Viking, Wilder) Anansi the Spider McDermott, Gerald Kit L38 Box 12BKS (Century) Anansi's Narrow Waist Cabral, Len KIT I 12BKS (Viking) Do All Spiders Spin Webs? Melvin and Gilda Berger KIT 6BKS (Century) Fangs Eggleton, Jill KIT G 6BKS (Lake Agassiz, Viking) The Lady and the Spider McNulty, Faith KIT L 6BKS (Phoenix) The Magic School Bus Creepy, Crawly Fun! DVD 15 (West) The Magic School Bus Spins a Web Video Cass.261 (West)

= Technology Activities: =


=Inquiry Project: Research a Creative Person = Children brainstorm inventors, artists, writers, composers, and scientists who discovered something new or did something in a new way. Working as a group or in pairs, children gather information and write a report on one person.

(Language Arts Standard 1: Students engage in the research process.) This process includes:
 * Formulating questions
 * Gather and organize information
 * Synthesize your findings
 * Publish and present your findings.

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