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    Upper elementary students from the College Mentors for Kids Program will come to Purdue University and learn about Fall Leaves. Students will be shown a video on why leaves change color and split into groups of five students and five buddies. The students will find five different colored leaves? green, yellow, orange, red, and purple / brown with the help of their buddies.

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    Upper elementary students from the College Mentors for Kids Program will come to Purdue University and learn about Fall Leaves. Students will be shown a video on why leaves change color and split into groups of five students and five buddies. The students will find five different colored leaves? green, yellow, orange, red, and purple / brown with the help of their buddies.

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    FallLeaves

    CollegeMentorsforKidsLesson
    BaileyCrowder,MollyBull,&MichaelaAlexander
    3rd5thgradestudents
    Overview

    LearningObjectives

    UpperelementarystudentsfromtheCollege
    MentorsforKidsProgramwillcometo
    PurdueUniversityandlearnaboutfallleaves
    andwhytheychangecolor.
    1. Giveninstructionandavisualaidofa
    greenleafandacoloredleaf,the
    studentsshouldbeabletotoidentify
    theprocessofaleafchangingcolors.
    2. Givenaglossaryofleafpictures,
    studentsshouldbeabletoidentify
    whattreetheleafcamefrom.
    3. Givenfivedifferentcoloredleaves
    andinstruction,studentsshouldbe
    abletoputtheminorderfromthe
    mostchlorophylltotheleast.

    Standards

    CreativityandInnovation
    CommunicationandCollaboration
    ResearchandInformationFluency

    RequiredMaterials

    Paper
    Crayons
    GlossaryofLeafPictures
    Leaves
    Pencil

    Procedures

    1. Studentswillbeshownavideoon
    whyleaveschangecolor.
    2. StudentswillgotoAgricultureMall
    andsplitintogroupsoffivestudents
    andfivebuddies.
    3. Eachgroupwillcollaboratetofindfive
    differentcoloredleavesgreen,
    yellow,orange,red,andpurple/brown
    withthehelpoftheirbuddies.
    4. Studentswillcomebackasquicklyas
    possibleandarrangetheleavesin
    orderofcolorchanges.
    5. Studentswillmakeleafrubbingsand
    identifythetypeoftreeitcamefrom,

    usingtheleafglossary.
    6. Studentswillcompleteashortquiz
    overfallleaves.
    References

    http://www.arborday.org/trees/whattree/whatT
    ree.cfm?ItemID=E6A

    http://snr.missouri.edu/forestry/extension/cde
    trainingmanual.pdf

    http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/leaves.ht
    ml

    b.Michaelacameupwiththelessonplanwithoutusingonethatwasalreadyonline.We
    researchedwhyleaveschangecolorsontheinternetincludingtheUniversityofMissouris
    websiteandtheofficialarbordaywebsite.

    d.Mastascusa,E.,Snyder,W.(2011)
    EffectiveInstructionforSTEMDisciplines:FromLearning
    TheorytoCollegeTeaching.C
    alifornia:JosseyBass.

    Thisarticleexplainsthatthereisaneedforchangeintheclassroom.TheSTEMdisciplines
    shouldberesearchedandimplementedineveryclassroominAmericaateverygradelevel.The
    authorsexplainthatScience,Engineering,MathandTechnologyarethecategoriesthatwill
    moveournationforward.Weusedscienceinourlessonplanbecausewebelievescienceisa
    categorythatneedstobeusedandimplemented.

    Henderson,C.,Beach,A.,&Finkelstein,N.(2011).FacilitatingchangeinundergraduateSTEM
    instructionalpractices:Ananalyticreviewoftheliterature.
    J.Res.Sci.Teach.Journalof
    ResearchinScienceTeaching,
    952984.

    ThisarticleisaboutusingSTEMcoursestopromotechangesininstructionalpractices.Using
    fourbroadcategories,
    disseminatingcurriculumandpedagogy,developingreflectiveteachers,
    enactingpolicy,anddevelopingsharedvision,coredifferencesamongliteratureandcurriculum
    shouldbecomeidentifiable.Thisarticleisbasedonareviewof191otherjournalarticlesabout
    STEMcoursesandcurriculumchangewithnewinstructionalpractices.

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