Application Activities are those completed by the students after the lessons have been taught, as they will be applying their knowledge to create the final product thus increasing their comprehension. These activities are useful for determining student understanding of the topic and for cumulative review of the subject matter. Some activities we have had great success with and highly recommend are:
- Foldables - 3 dimensional informational text organizers, fun with art and science!
We recommend Dinah Zike’s Big Book of Science
- Inventive ways to share non-fiction trade books
- Concept mapping
- Student generated science experiments