Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Martin ,Briggs Jacqueline. Snowflake Bentley. New York: Houghton Mifflin , 2009.
Lexile Level: 830
Fountas and Pinnell: Level P
Grades: 5-7
Summary: This is a biography based on the life of Wilson Bentley who saw snowflakes as tiny miracles. He was determined to capture images of each unique crystal and show them to the world with his microscope camera. He was a very misunderstood person but with perseverance he was able to give children everywhere a close up look at marvelous snowflakes and the true essence and beauty of each individual one falling from the sky.
Learning activity for the book:
Students will read this book and create their own 3D snowflakes.
Math concepts in this activity:
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Symmtry
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Geometry
Students will read Snowflake Bentley and be able to observe all the different kinds of unique snowflakes that were captured through Bentley’s camera microscope. Students will then be asked questions like, How do snowflakes form? •Why are no two snowflakes alike? What are some unique properties of snow?
They will then choose one of the three examples of snowflakes in this Slideshow or create one of their own. Students will show symmetry by using knowledge of measurement and geometry of different angles learned about. They will take their designs to create a real 3D image using Tinkercad and printing them on the 3D printer.
Students will then reflect on their learning by completing a Strengths and Needs Self Assessment to see what concepts they still struggle with and need help with in the future and to also focus on their strengths of what they can do.
Learning Goal: Students will be able to create a symmetric 3D snowflake on the 3D printer after reading the biography, Snowflake Bentley.
Objectives:
Students will be able to create symmetric snowflakes based by measuring geometric shapes (Cognitive).
Students will reflect on their own learning about symmetry and creation of a 3D snowflake (Psychomotor, Affective).
Assessments:
Objective 1: Student symmetric snowflakes worksheet
3D Snowflake
Learning Standards:
CC Standards: Reading Literature:
Represent real world and mathematical problems by graphing points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane, and interpret coordinate values of points in the context of the situation.
Information Fluency Continuum:
5.11 Identifies own strengths and sets goals for improvement.
American Association School Library:
3.1.4 Use technology and other information tools to organize and display knowledge and understanding in ways that others can view, use, and assess.
2.1.4 Use technology and other information tools to analyze and organize information.
Work Cited:
- Empire State Information Literacy Continuum” (2013). Information Skills Benchmark. Retrieved November 16th, 2017 from http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/1A931D4E-1620-4672-ABEF-460A273D0D5F/0/EmpireStateIFC.pdf
- Weston Woods Productions. Snowflake Bentley. Retrieved on October 22, 2017 at https://dcmp.org/guides/TID9724.pdf
Martin ,Briggs Jacqueline. Snowflake Bentley. New York: Houghton Mifflin , 2009.
Lexile Level: 830
Fountas and Pinnell: Level P
Grades: 5-7
Summary: This is a biography based on the life of Wilson Bentley who saw snowflakes as tiny miracles. He was determined to capture images of each unique crystal and show them to the world with his microscope camera. He was a very misunderstood person but with perseverance he was able to give children everywhere a close up look at marvelous snowflakes and the true essence and beauty of each individual one falling from the sky.
Learning activity for the book:
Students will read this book and create their own 3D snowflakes.
Math concepts in this activity:
Symmtry
Geometry
Students will read Snowflake Bentley and be able to observe all the different kinds of unique snowflakes that were captured through Bentley’s camera microscope. Students will then be asked questions like, How do snowflakes form? •Why are no two snowflakes alike? What are some unique properties of snow?
They will then choose one of the three examples of snowflakes in this Slideshow or create one of their own. Students will show symmetry by using knowledge of measurement and geometry of different angles learned about. They will take their designs to create a real 3D image using Tinkercad and printing them on the 3D printer.
Students will then reflect on their learning by completing a Strengths and Needs Self Assessment to see what concepts they still struggle with and need help with in the future and to also focus on their strengths of what they can do.
Learning Goal: Students will be able to create a symmetric 3D snowflake on the 3D printer after reading the biography, Snowflake Bentley.
Objectives:
Objectives:
Students will be able to create symmetric snowflakes based by measuring geometric shapes (Cognitive).
Students will reflect on their own learning about symmetry and creation of a 3D snowflake (Psychomotor, Affective).
Assessments:
Assessments:
Objective 1: Student symmetric snowflakes worksheet
3D Snowflake
Learning Standards:
CC Standards: Reading Literature:
Represent real world and mathematical problems by graphing points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane, and interpret coordinate values of points in the context of the situation.
Information Fluency Continuum:
5.11 Identifies own strengths and sets goals for improvement.
American Association School Library:
3.1.4 Use technology and other information tools to organize and display knowledge and understanding in ways that others can view, use, and assess.
2.1.4 Use technology and other information tools to analyze and organize information.
Work Cited:
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