ERIC Number: EJ1151173
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: EISSN-2475-966X
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Ecosystem Food Web Lift-The-Flap Pages
Atwood-Blaine, Dana; Rule, Audrey C.; Morgan, Hannah
Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions, v2 n1 p16-31 2016
In the lesson on which this practical article is based, third grade students constructed a "lift-the-flap" page to explore food webs on the prairie. The moveable papercraft focused student attention on prairie animals' external structures and how the inferred functions of those structures could support further inferences about the animals' diets. In general, most students made simple causal connections between an animal's observable characteristics and the food it would probably eat. Some students were also able to make multi-agent connections to develop a more complex mental model of a food web. Ultimately, the lift-the flap project was engaging to students and motivated them to focus their attention on the characteristics of animals of different ecosystems to infer their probable diets.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Food, Natural Resources, Wildlife, Animals, Ecology, Models, Cognitive Processes, Hands on Science, STEM Education, Spatial Ability, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Handicrafts, Art Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach, Teaching Methods, Pictorial Stimuli, Grade 3
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: NNX15AJ16H