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Blog week 10

This week in lab we made a story about evolution. My group members and I made a story called "The Little Rhino that Grew." In this story, we described how a rhino grew during evolution from having no horns back thousands of years ago compared to now, which have horns. Evolution can be a hard topic to explain to younger children so putting this complex idea into a children's story may be beneficial for students to be able to understand better. 

Parts of our book:


I found this activity very fun and engaging. We were able to pick what type of evolution we wanted to describe in our story. We were given the option of animals, plants, or humans. Groups were allowed to design their book with colors, and images, and create their own unique story. 

I can see myself using a technique like this in my future classroom. This activity is creative for students to make fun stories about science while learning about the subject at the same time. Creating stories about a certain concept can help students learn more while they continue to research. For example, students could make a story about a habitat, an ecosystem, or how a plant grows. 

Comments

  1. Julia MikkelsenMarch 29, 2023 at 11:19 AM

    Great post Amber! I also think that this is a great way to get students engaged and having fun while learning! This can be very fun for them because they can use their own images or color choices, which still learning about evolution.

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  2. Lexi MooreMarch 29, 2023 at 8:28 PM

    Loved this post Amber! I also really enjoyed this activity. It was a super fun and creative way to light heartedly explain the complex idea of evolution to children. Your story was so cute and i loved the other messages that you incorporated into the story along with teaching the evolution process!

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  3. Matt LorenzMarch 30, 2023 at 6:37 AM

    Hi Amber. Nice job on this post. I agree that this activity was fun, engaging and a creative way to teach evolution. I really enjoyed watching all the groups present their books. This would be fun to do in a future classroom.

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