LeadandLearn

This graphic organizer helps students organize information about chemical, electrical, thermal, mechanical, sound, and light energies. I used this as a note-taking tool for a video with my 5th graders. May also be used as a center activity.

Students beg to do this project several times a year and reflect on it as one of the most memorable activities of the year. Students (or teachers) pick a vocabulary word (or a word from a current Social Studies, Science topics) and then create a costume to represent it, as well as fill out a brief worksheet. Students then dress up and present their costumes, practicing their Speaking and Listening skills as well as reinforcing vocabulary. Included: project worksheet, directions (to be sent hom