{"id":172,"date":"2016-02-03T18:15:41","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T18:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hillbrook.us\/voices\/?p=172"},"modified":"2016-02-03T22:19:13","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T22:19:13","slug":"172","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hillbrook.us\/voices\/2016\/02\/172\/","title":{"rendered":"In Our Own Backyard: Unleashing Learning Experiences For Young Learners In Familiar Spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Contributed by: Lara Blom, JK-2nd Grade Science Teacher<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hillbrook.us\/voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/jkflowtwitter.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-177\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-177\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hillbrook.us\/voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/jkflowtwitter.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"jkflowtwitter\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hillbrook.us\/voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/jkflowtwitter.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hillbrook.us\/voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/jkflowtwitter.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Before children can conceptualize the flow of electrons with electricity, they need the concrete experience of how water flows&#8221; stated Christa Flores, 5th Grade Science Teacher and MakerSpace Coordinator, to me several years ago and the seed was planted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Flow Unit Overview as of January 2015\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_m5c39FMjws?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A fellowship last summer between Kindergarten teacher, David Robinson, and myself was the fertile ground in which the initial idea bloomed as we looked for a theme around which to integrate science with homeroom. We wanted a hands-on discovery space installed into their foundational classroom space where\u00a0students could observe the flow of particles such as grains and beans and we sought an opportunity for it to change over time. After much deliberation, we came up with an indoor Flow Table &#8211; a sensory tub with\u00a0huge vertical cardboard tubes that stood at each corner in which holes could be drilled as children\u00a0explored and hypothesized\u00a0the how&#8217;s and why&#8217;s of the ways in which materials move through spaces.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-173\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hillbrook.us\/voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sploosh.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-173\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-173\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hillbrook.us\/voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sploosh.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"Students observe objects on the &quot;Sploosh Table.&quot;\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hillbrook.us\/voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sploosh.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hillbrook.us\/voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sploosh.jpg?w=768 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students\u00a0using the &#8220;Sploosh Table&#8221; to understand and observe the way different objects move through &#8211; and by &#8211; water.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Flow Table opens up opportunities for sensory exploration, problem-solving, and an introduction to a variety of manipulatives including\u00a0ropes, pulleys and tubes.\u00a0 Throughout this past fall, we explored all of these options in addition to air flow, visualized with scarves, seeds blowing on the wind, balloons, and bubbles. We are now exploring water (phase change, properties, and flow) which will be enhanced by our new playground&#8217;s water feature and a Sploosh table currently under construction\u00a0by our wonderful maintenance team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contributed by: Lara Blom, JK-2nd Grade Science Teacher &#8220;Before children can conceptualize the flow of electrons with electricity, they need the concrete experience of how &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","content-type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[112,62,20,61],"tags":[65,24,67,120],"class_list":["post-172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flexible-learning-spaces","category-hands-on-learning","category-lower-school","category-science","tag-hands-on-learning","tag-lower-school","tag-science","tag-specialists"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hillbrook.us\/voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hillbrook.us\/voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hillbrook.us\/voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillbrook.us\/voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillbrook.us\/voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillbrook.us\/voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillbrook.us\/voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172\/revisions\/184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hillbrook.us\/voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillbrook.us\/voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillbrook.us\/voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}