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{Grow beast plan.docx}
And here are guide sheets to accompany the plan:
with cm.pptx} Contact Kathryn Pihl: kathryn.pihl@shorelineschools.org
Krisit Pihl: pihlk584@edmonds.wednet.edu
Mark Roddy: mroddy@seattleu.edu
{Screen Shot 2017-10-07 at 8.20.04 PM.png} September 2017
As part of a science unit focused on measurement, all of the third graders grew their own Grow Beasts at Tiffany Park Elementary in Renton, Washington.

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Dr. Mark Roddy

Grow Beasts – plunk ‘em in water and four or five days later they’ve grown! (Take 'em out and they shrink back down.) Students measure, estimate, predict growth rates, measure some more, compile data, plot points, crunch numbers, and generally get excited, using math to make sense in an active, inquiry environment.
October 2017
in Portland, OR.Oregon. Stop by
"Grow Beasts: Growing understanding of measurement and inquiry in the primary grades" {Screen Shot 2017-10-10 at 9.19.24 PM.png}
12:30-1:30 PM on Friday, 10/13/2017
Here, courtesy of the Pihls, is a sample plan for the use of Grow Beasts in a primary grades classroom:
{Grow beast plan.docx}
And here is aare guide sheetsheets to accompany for liquids.pptx} {Grow beast I can.pptx} {Grow beasts charts with cm.pptx}
{Screen Shot 2017-10-07 at 8.20.04 PM.png} September 2017
As part of a science unit focused on measurement, all of the third graders grew their own Grow Beasts at Tiffany Park Elementary in Renton, Washington.

A wikispace is a Web page or collection of Web pages that can be edited by anyone who accesses it (and who has been given permission to do so). Thus a wikispace can serve as a collaborative tool allowing people to share information asynchronously and from disparate locations.
The Project -- Students will work in teams of three with the Grow Beasts using experimentation, measurement, and mathematics to develop their understanding of how Grow Beasts grow in various conditions. They will use the spreadsheets to record, analyze and represent data. They will use the wikispace to share data. While an individual team may only be able to perform a few experiments, the whole group, sharing data, hypotheses, and analyses through the wikispace will be able to assemble a larger pool of knowledge. Ideally more than one class in more than one school will participate simultaneously in the project, using the wikispace to share data.
grown in hot tea.lemonade. Teams will
As the project's culminating activity a Grow Beast will be grown for 96 hours in conditions that will be announced as part of the contest. That is the teacher will specify whether salt or lemon juice (not both), and how much, will be added to 500 ml of distilled water. The teacher will also specify the initial length of the Grow Beast as this can vary from beast to beast. Students use only their models derived from their experiences with the Grow Beasts and from the shared data to make predictions. May the best model win!
Connections to Our Learning Model -- Students will have direct kinesthetic experiences with the Grow Beasts. They will be able to design these experiences and implement their own decisions. This should increase their commitment to the process. It may also increase the quality of their reflections on the experiences. The wikispace will facilitate communication between remote groups and this communication will be purposeful, aimed at the development of a mathematical model that enables accurate predictions of growth. Teams will use the data they develop and the data developed by other teams to revise and refine their understanding of the growth models they develop.

http://www.dinosaurcorporation.com/dinosaurs10.html
Here: is a brief introduction that will guide you through the processes of joining and editing a wiki space. It's easy. {Editing a Wiki Space.pdf}
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Dr. Mark Roddy
Seattle University - College of Education