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Students examine the use of scientific models and how the models change over time. They look at the model of an atom and how it evolved. They make current models of atoms of different elements using modeling clay.
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- 6th - 12th Grade
Students explore watersheds through the use of a topographic map. They observe topographical maps and discuss their characteristics. In groups, students create a model clay island and make a topographical map of it. Afterwards, groups switch topographical maps and recreate an island using the map given.
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- 4th - 10th Grade
Students create scale models of the planets out of clay and compare them to the real planets.
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- 2nd - 4th Grade
Students read a book entitled, "I Make Clay Plots." After observing the cover, students predict what they believe will happen in the story. They review sight words and discuss methods of decoding unfamiliar words. Students answer questions about the book and make connections about their own experiences with their grandparents.
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- 3rd - 4th Grade
Students represent and explain fractions as part of a set using modeling clay. They create sets of objects as specified by individual task cards.
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- 7th Grade
Students are given the opportunity to use model-building as a way to help comprehend the forces and phenomena at work in the world around them. They use both successful and unsuccessful models to make inferences, refine hypotheses, and draw conclusions about the behavior of materials and structures.
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- 9th - 12th Grade
Students research measurements of the moon and Earth as well as the distance between the two in order to create scale models of the Earth-moon system. With a marble to be used as the moon, they must determine how large to make Earth out of modeling clay.
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- 1st - 12th Grade
Students identify instruments and their sounds and use them to model their own orchestra. After choosing an instrument to investigate further, they research to become familiar with the sound of the instrument, how the sound is created, and how the instrument contributes to the orchestra or other group. Students use modeling clay to create a model of the instrument they have researched.
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- Kindergarten - 8th Grade
Students examine how fossils are created. They make impressions of different objects in clay and compare them to examples of fossils.
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- 3rd - 5th Grade
Students use Webcam software and Stop Motion Animation software to explore the process of clay animation. They watch a how-to video website, identify the steps in making clay animation, and create clay characters to explore how to make the characters stand and move.
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