Encore content areas are those content areas taught in schools that are often marginalized through the implementation of policies such as No Child Left Behind that focus nearly exclusively on content and direct instruction in reading and math courses. They are the classes in schools that for the last several years have been considered to be outside or adjacent to the bounds of “core content” areas. Examples of encore content areas are social studies, the Arts, health, science, physical education, career/technical education and world languages.
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Exploring Simple Machines With Creative Movement
William Paul Lindquist (Hamline University, USA), Martha James-Hassan (Morgan State University, USA), and Nathan C. Lindquist (Bethel University, USA)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 30
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9631-8.ch005
Abstract
This chapter explores the use of creative movement to extend meaning to inquiry-based science investigations. This process embraces the addition of A to STEM to realize the impact of STEAM. The chapter builds on the import of scientific and physical literacy, interdisciplinary learning, and the power of kinesthetic engagement. Students become active collaborative agents within a dynamic model using creative movement to bring meaning to the science of simple machines. The authors utilize working words into movement strategy to help students use their past experiences and motor memory to explore, interpret, and engage with as they seek understanding of simple machines. A Midwest urban elementary school provides the context for a unit plan culminating in a dance performance. The foundational ideas presented within this unit can be enacted within any classroom by creative movement (physical education or dance) specialists, science specialists, or classroom generalists. It follows with a presentation of science content on simple machines exploring the disciplinary core idea of force and motion.