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Implementing foldables in science classrooms fosters a student-oriented learning environment that emphasizes creative engagement. These interactive tools help develop "habits of learning," enabling alternative assessment and study methods that are organized and data-driven. By promoting brain-based research and visual-kinesthetic learning, students can create their own study guides and reports. Integrating language arts, social sciences, and mathematics into science with foldables enhances ownership of the curriculum and enriches student projects. Discover various foldable types like Tri-Fold and Venn diagrams for effective learning.
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WhyUse Foldables? Susan Dickson, Coordinator Teacher Support Center/RCOE
Rationale • Student-Oriented Learning Environment • Create “Habits of Learning” • Alternative Assessment and Study Tools • Implement brain-based research and visual-kinesthetic learning. • Student Projects and Reports • Help students make connections • Engaging, Creative, and Organized
Using Foldables in Science • Organize, display, and arrange data. • Compile student-made study guides. • Replace teacher-made worksheets with student-generated print. • Integrate language arts, social sciences, and mathematics into the study of science. • Provide a sense of student ownership in the science curriculum.
5 Platonic Solids • There are five so named because they were known at the time of Plato (circa 427-347 BC). • These polyhedra are also called regular polyhedra because they are made up of faces that are all the same regular polygon. • "Let early education be a sort of amusement. You will then be better able to find out the natural bent.“ -Plato Quoted in Des MacHale, Wisdom (London, 2002).
Icosahedrons AIDS VIRUS Use small stapler!
Folded Book RESOURCE: Dinah Zike from www.dinah.com
Resources Dinah Zike. Dinah Zike’s Big Book of Science for Middle School and High School. Dinah-Might Aventures, LP. San Antonio, TX, 2001. Google “foldables” and look at all your choices!
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