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Why is the Opal ​Quartz so ​Colorful

by MRs. Gellerstedt, Ms. Abate, & Mrs. Upshaw’s Class


Collaboration with Ms. Bongiovanni, STEAM Lab



A pourquoi tale featuring life-sized ​movable puppets

Created for Ms. Allen & Ms. ​Miller’s Class

Why is the Blue ​Aura Quartz so ​Beautifully Blue?

by Ms. McElroy & Ms. Feeney’s ​Class



A pourquoi tale read by our students with AI illustrations - all made through iMovie

Created for Ms. Stuckey & ​Ms. Starks’ Class

Why are Blue ​Diamonds Blue?

by Ms. Ford & Ms. Barrow’s Class


Collaboration with Ms. BradlEy, Environmental Science



A pourquoi tale animated with Stop Motion and Google Slides

Created for MRs. Moore, Ms. Gueye, & Ms. Moore’s Class

Why Rubies are ​Red

by Mrs. Hall & Mr. Vaughn’s ​Class

A pourquoi tale, story-telling, and interpretative play written, designed and executed by our students.

Created for Ms. Johnson & ​Ms. Whitaker’s Class

Diamond in the

Rough

by Mr. Brown & Ms. Autumn’s ​Class



A pourquoi tale drama featuring ​student actors

Created for Ms. Wilson & ​Ms. Jones’ Class

Why Obsidian is ​so Dark and ​Shiny

by Ms. Elkins & Mr. Charles’ ​Class

A digital book pourquoi tale created ​using the Book Creator app

Created for Ms. Thomas & ​Ms. Goolsby’s Class

Why Amethysts ​are Beautiful on ​the Inside

by Dr. Martin & Ms. Bowie’s Class


Collaboration with Mr. ​NicholasON, Engineering

A pourquoi tale featuring ​automatas and AI-generated ​backgrounds

Created for Ms. Gillespie & ​Ms. Green’s Class

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How can we generate interest in ​earth science through storytelling?

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Students heard from ​author April Showers to ​learn about story writing.

They researched rocks ​and minerals through ​labs and field trips to ​Dunwoody Nature Center ​and the Tellus Museum.

Research

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Students read various ​pourquoi tales to learn ​about the genre

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Literature

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Third graders polled ​kindergarten students on ​their favorite rock. Then ​they analyzed the data to ​determine what the topic of ​their stories should be.

Idea Development

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Students wrote and ​prepared pourquoi tales ​featuring puppets, AI ​generated illustrations, ​dramas, and animations.

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3rd Grade

Quarter 2 PBL Check-In

2023-2024

PROJECT ​BRIEF & ​Check-in

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Driving Question

How can we generate interest in ​Earth Science through ​storytelling?

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Finalizing Class Pourquoi Tales

Testing

Next week, we will share our ​pourquoi tales with our ​Kindergarten class.

Thurs

Jan 23

Quarter 2 Showcase

“Soft Launch” Showcase


Third-Graders will share their ​class pourquoi tales with the ​Kindergarten class they wrote ​them for.


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