Auntee Edna
Allora Goode Cyrus
2nd - 5th
Dameron Jones
Materials:
- Spinning Button toy / Whirligig creation: Kite string, different size buttons, scissors, and a ruler
- Baking Teacakes: quart size jar, sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla, flour, salt, baking soda, and milk (Measurements are in the book)
- Curlers: Brown paper bags, scissors, and curl cream
- Bottling Light: glass jar with screw on lid, apple slice, and small clump of grass
Summary:
Have you ever had those times when you just knew something you were told you had to do was going to be boring? You already made up in your mind that things were stale? What a surprise awaits Tokee as she visits her Aunt and learns the things she can bake, make, and explore! Right at Auntee Edna’s home.
Problem:
There are multiple options within this story
1. Creating a whirligig
2. Baked goods
3. Creating hair curls
4. Light in a Bottle
Concepts:
Science
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Title:
Ambassador:
Auntie Edna
Allora Goode Cyrus
2nd - 5th
Dameron Jones
Experiments & Steps:
Spinning Button Toy / Whirligig
Cut the string 36” in length
If the button has 4 hoes, thread it diagonally.
Tie the 2 ends together to form a knot, then tie another knot 1.5” away to make a finger loop. Then on the other end, tie another knot 1.5” from the end for another finger loop.
Spin the buttons away from you, then pull your hands apart. Watch the button spin! Try different size buttons & listen to the sounds they produce
Sound is a vibration of matter. If you change the size of the button or the frequency in which it moves you can change the sound (pitch). Higher pitch comes from smaller objects due to shorter wavelengths!
Baking Teacakes
Follow instructions in book
Brown paper curlers
Cut brown paper shopping bag into 1” strips
Put hair in braids or twists, apply curl cream
Fold paper strips in half, and take 2-3 pieces of hair & twist around the paper bag strips.
Tie the ends of the strips to secure them.
Allow the hair to dry before removing them. The hair can be either kept as 2 strand twists or braids; or totally taken down for free curly hair!
Bottling Lightning Bugs / Fireflies
Science
History
Art / Music
Technology
Math
English
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Title:
Ambassador:
Auntie Edna
Allora Goode Cyrus
2nd - 5th
Dameron Jones
Science
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Technology
Math
English
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Title:
Ambassador:
Activity:
Use the S.C.A.M.P.E.R. model on the next slide to have your students use their innovative thinking to invent a solution to the story's problem. Inventing is all about problem seeking and developing novel solutions or improving existing solutions. What was a problem they noticed in the lives of the characters or in the setting? Use Empathy to identify the problem.
Watch this S.C.A.M.P.E.R. video to learn how to S.C.A.M.P.E.R. with your students.
Science
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Technology
Math
English
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S.C.A.M.P.E.R.
an invention which might be needed in the story.
What materials will you need?
Who can help with your invention?
Is your invention unique?
Put an X by each way you chose to SCAMPER | Ways to SCAMPER | Tell how the object changed |
| S ubstitute something | |
| C ombine things | |
| A dapt or Add something | |
| M inify, Magnify, Modify | |
| Put it to another use | |
| E liminate something | |
| R earrange or reverse | |
Jennifer Mead - Invention Learning 2020
Jennifer Mead - Invention Learning 2021
Design Thinking