Leap Year 2024 Mystery: Elementary Project Based Learning
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Project Based Learning- Leap Year Edition!
Engage your students in this mystery project where they will search to discover answers to their OWN questions about how and why we have leap years. This project is designed to take the learning out of your hands and place it in the minds of your students.
This mystery project will take your students through a make believe scenario where their interest will be piqued and they will develop questions, hypotheses and research strategies. The culmination of the project will be a research paragraph with answers to their own personal questions about Leap Year. Every step of the way, your students will be encouraged to drive their own learning.
Included in this resource is:
- Mystery Scenario
- Developing Research Questions
- Forming a Hypothesis
- Web Research
- Informative Writing
- Formal Writing
- Reflective Questions after Completion
- Check for Knowledge
- Earth-Sun Rotation
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Thank you, and enjoy!
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