ENRICHMENT CYCLE

Grade Six and Seven

The Enrichment cycle provides students with creative opportunities to further develop a broader and more meaningful understanding of core curriculum concepts.  This six-week course incorporates active student learning, while enriching and supplementing subject areas with activities that challenge curiosity and imagination.

 

INTERNET WEB LINKS FOR PROJECTS

INVENTIONS

http://inventors.about.com/library/bl/bl12.htm 

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/ 

http://www.150.si.edu/150trav/remember/amerinv.htm 

http://www.time.com/time/2003/inventions/invmusic.html 

SIMPLE MACHINE WEBQUEST

http://outreach.rice.edu/~dgabby/science/simp_mach/

http://www.jsd.k12.ak.us/ab/el/simplemachines.html

RUBE GOLDBERG WEBSITE

http://www.rube-goldberg.com/

MECHANICAL INVENTION (R. GOLDBERG)

http://rube.iscool.net/

MARS

MARS WEBQUEST

http://students.itec.sfsu.edu/itec815_s99/mdeschamp/index.html

Teacher resource

http://marsville.enoreo.on.ca/mainpage/cnmintro.htm

Student resources

http://www.nineplanets.org/mars.html

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/

DATABASE ARTICLES:  KIDSEARCH   SIRS DISCOVERER   Today's Science on File

READER’S THEATRE

http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/langrt.htm

http://www.literacyconnections.com/ReadersTheater.html  

BRIDGES

http://www.design-technology.org/bridges.htm

Bridge Basics: PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/bridge/basics.html

BOARD GAMES

Monopoly: history, rules, news, events

http://www.hasbro.com/monopoly/

Board Game Rules

http://everyrule.com/framesets/boardframes.htm

Board Game Considerations

http://www.discovergames.com/

Rubric

http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson123/Board_Game_Rubric.pdf

FUTURE CITIES

STAMPS

10 Most Popular Commemorative Stamps

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0193245.html

Stamp Release Schedule 2004-2005

http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/postal_store_non_ssl/browse_content/stampRelease.jsp

Postal Museum

http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/

American Philatelic Society

http://www.stamps.org/kids/kid_StampFun.htm

Design a Stamp

http://www.govspot.com/ask/suggestastamp.htm

ASSESSMENT RUBRICS

http://teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/

GENERAL PUZZLES AND BRAIN TEASERS

Brain Boosters
http://school.discovery.com/brainboosters/

Mindtwisters
http://www.doubleii.com/mindtwisters.html

Rebus Puzzles Brainteasers
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/braintpics.htm

Puzzles, Games, and Mind Teasers
http://www.kyphilom.com/www/games.html

Math Mind Teasers
http://www.securenet.net/members/smedleg/mathpage13.htm

I-Riddler
http://www.iriddler.com/

Brain Bashers
http://www.brainbashers.com/schools/

Brain Food
http://www.rinkworks.com/brainfood/

BOOKS AND AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS

AVAILABLE IN THE ANNIN MEDIA CENTER

INVENTIONS

608 SMA
Huehnergarth, John. Small inventions that make a big difference. Washington, D.C: National Geographic Society, 1984. 

609 BEN
Bender, Lionel. Invention. 1^st American ed. New York: Knopf, 1991.

REF 600 HOW
How it works. The new illustrated science and invention encyclopedia : the new how it works. Westport, Conn: H.S. Stuttman, l993.  

REF 609 DAU
Daumas, Maurice. A history of technology & invention : progress through the ages. New York: Crown Publishers.

REF 609 WIL
Williams, Trevor. The History of Invention. New York: Facts on File, 1987. 

VT 608 MOT
Mothers of invention. Hauppauge, NY: Video Outreach, 1998.

BRIDGES

624 ADK
Adkins, Jan. Bridges : from my side to yours. 1^st ed. Brookfield, Conn: Roaring Brook Press, 2002.  

624.1   DIX
Dixon, Malcolm. Structures. (1^st U.S. ed.). New York: Bookwright, 1991.

624.2
Jackson, Donald C. Great American Bridges and Dams. Washington, DC: Preservation Press, 1988.  

624.2   SPA
Spangenburg, Ray. The Story of America’s Bridges. New York: Facts on File, 1991.  

720 MAC
Macaulay, David. Building big. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000.

REF 603 ENG
Engelbert, Phillis. Technology in Action:  Science Applied in Everyday Life, Vol. 3. Detroit: UXL, 1999.  

TCHR REF 624 POL
Pollard, Jeanne. Building Toothpick Bridges. Palo Alto, CA: Dale Seymour Publications, 1985.  

VF ARCHITECTURE
Bridges.  New York: Kids Discover, June 2004.

MARS

523.43 STO
Stone, Tanya Lee. Mars. Tarrytown, NY: Benchmark Books, 2002.

919.9 FRA
Fradin, Dennis B. Is there life on Mars? New York: M.K. McElderry, 1999.

919.9 WUN
Wunsch, Susi Trautmann. The adventures of Sojourner : the mission to Mars that thrilled the world. New York: Mikaya Press, 1998.  

VF ASTRONOMY
“The Ambler - A Robot to Explore Mars Alone.” Odyssey : Robots. July/August 1992.

READER’S THEATRE – SHAKESPEARE

792 ALI
Aliki. William Shakespeare & the Globe. New York, N.Y: HarperCollins, 1999

792 CUR
Currie, Stephen. An actor on the Elizabethan stage. San Diego: Lucent Books, 2003.  

792 HUN
Hunt, Douglas and Hunt, Kari. Pantomime; the silent theater. New York: Atheneum, 1964.  

792 LAN
Langley, Andrew and Everett, June. Shakespeare’s theatre.  Oxford University Press, 1999.  

792 YAN
Yancey, Diane. Life in the Elizabethan theater. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, 1997.  

808.2 POL
Polsky, Milton E. You can write a play : a practical guide for the beginner. New York: Rosen  1983.  

822.3   GAR
Garfield, Leon and Shakespeare, William. A midsummer night’s dream. New York: Knopf, 1993.  

822.3   GAR
Garfield, Leon and Shakespeare, William. Twelfth night. New York: Knopf, 1993. 

822.3   ROS
Rosen, Michael and Ingpen, Robert R. Shakespeare : his work & his world. Mass: Candlewick Press, 2001.  

822.3 WIL
Wilson, Michael. Scenes from Shakespeare : Fifteen Cuttings for the Classroom. Meriwether, 1993. 

PUZZLES AND BRAIN TEASERS

793.7 FIX
Fixx, James F. Games for the superintelligent. 1^st ed. Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday, 1972.  

793.7 SCO
Black, Henry. Scotland Yard photo crimes from the files of Inspector Black. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986.  

793.7 SLO
Sloane, Paul and MacHale, Des. Perplexing lateral thinking puzzles. New York: Sterling Publishing, 1997. 

793.7 SLO
Sloane, Paul and MacHale, Des. Challenging laterial thinking puzzles. New York: Sterling Publishing, 1992.  

793.7 SLO
Sloane, Paul. Lateral thinking puzzlers. New York: Sterling Publishing, 1991.  

793.7 SLO
Sloane, Paul and MacHale, Des. Improve your lateral thinking. New York: Sterling Publishing, 1995

793.7 SLO
Sloane, Paul and MacHale, Des. Great lateral thinking puzzles. New York: Sterling Publishing, 1995.  

793.7 SLO
Sloane, Paul and MacHale, Des. Intriguing lateral thinking puzzles. New York: Sterling Publishing, 1995.  

793.73 TOW
Townsend, Charles Barry. The curious book of mind-boggling teasers, tricks, puzzles and games. New York: Sterling Publishing, 2003.

CITIES

624 LEV
Levy, Matthys and Panchyk, Richard. Engineering the city : how infrastructure works : projects and principles for beginners. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2000.   

624.1      HAW
Hawkes, Nigel.  New Technology: Structures and Buildings.  New York: Twenty-First Century Books, 1994.

STAMPS

769.56 BRI
Briggs, Michael. Stamps. 1^st American ed. New York: Random House, 1993.