Learning Across Kansas; 102; Elementary

(funky music) - Hello and welcome to I am Tabatha Rosproy, and I'll be your host for today's show. Learning Across Kansas the Kansas State Department of Education, and the Public Broadcasting Service. We hope to bring learning into your homes in a new way, while we deal and health issues facing Today on our show, we are going to be When I was a little girl, I thought geometry was but as I grew, I learned that geometry is in our every day lives. Today, we are going to hear from some outstanding educators. We are going to learn about

engineering, architecture, We have got lots of First, we're going to start out with Mrs. Schneider and Mrs. Loevenstein, who are both going to be showing us how geometry can be learned Let's go check it out. - Well hello there shape experts, my name is Mrs. Schneider and today I have a poem to share with you about solid shapes or 3D shapes. We can find shapes all around us and they look like every day things, so let's find out about our poem and how it compares 3D "Solid Shapes" "Solid shapes are fat, not flat." "A cone is like a party hat." "A sphere is like a bouncy ball." "A prism is like a building tall." "A cylinder is like a can you "pop"!" "A cube is like a dice you drop."

"Solid shapes are here and there" "solid shapes are everywhere." So this poem has a lot of rhyming words and I want us to be some word detectives, and find all of those rhyming words. We know that words rhyme when they have the same ending sound. Like shape, "sh" "ape" "ape" is the ending sound, so a rhyming word would be cape, "c" "ape" because they have the "ape" sound. So let's look at our lines of our poem and find the rhyming words. "Solid shapes are fat, not flat." "A cone is like a party hat." What words rhyme in those two lines? You got it. "Fat," "flat," and "hat" all rhyme because they have that ending "at" sound. Let's try another. "A sphere is like a bouncy ball." "A prism is like a building tall."

Do those sentences have any rhyming words? You got it! "Ball" and "tall." They have the "all" sound Let's try a few more. "A cylinder is like a can you "pop"!" "A cube is like a dice you drop." Are there any rhyming words in there? You bet, "pop" and "drop." Last two, let's read through those. "Solid shapes are here and there." "Solid shapes are everywhere." Do we have any rhyming You got it! "Here," "there," "everywhere." Those all rhyme. You guys are rhyming all-stars. Now, are you ready to Great, go find some

and then see if you can come up with some rhyming words to describe them. Good luck and have fun. Thanks for learning with me today! - Hi boys and girls, did you know that April Well, I decided to write on the geometric shapes, that we are learning about this week. And just for fun, I created some shape characters to go along with my poems. Hope you enjoy! There once was a shape called a square, who had some curls for her hair. Four right angles, as you can see, along with her four vertices. Two pairs of parallel lines are there, four equal sides are on the square. One day a trapezoid was greeting everyone that he would meet. "My two obtuse angles are

"but my cute two acute angles Have you ever seen a shape walk by? Two parallel lines has this 'ol guy. It's four sides are all the same, two obtuse angles make up his frame. Two acute angles, one low, one high, a rhombus is the name of this guy. A rectangle stood alongside a road its four right angles carrying the load, look closely at the parallel there are two pairs as we all agree. My last poem is called a haiku. And a haiku is a Japanese poem that only has seventeen syllables. So, it's really short. Well, they're usually about nature, so I decided to use our last shape,

a circle, inside of a nature picture. Circle in the sky, it has no sides or corners, shining on the Earth. Poetry is like art, except with words. Maybe you've been inspired read poetry, or to create Well, before you go do that, I wanna read one last poem for you and this is the poem that "You are each amazing, just like you are" "with talents and abilities "Now go create and do your best" "no matter what, we will be impressed." See you next week. - Wow, Mrs. Schneider, I love I saw lots of things that you used that I could find around my house, and see what shapes I have.

And did you see those silly costumes on Mrs. Loevenstein's shapes? Those made me laugh a lot and also it reminded me that April is National Poetry Month! I think before I go to bed tonight, I'll read some of my favorite poems, and when I wake up tomorrow I might even try to write my own! - [Instructor] Hey, With Kansas school buildings closed, and homes being turned into classrooms, parents and caregivers and their students' learning. This is a new experience for most of us, so let's show one another a little grace. When you and your students start to feel overwhelmed or stressed, take a break. It's really okay. Keeping students interested is the key to success. Remember, you have an entire and teachers to lean on, reach out! Together, Kansans Can! - In our next segment, we will be hearing from who is going to teach us a new line dance. Lines are very important in dancing and all kinds of dance routines.

Then we are going to hear from Mrs. Clark, who is going to talk to us about how artists use and teach us how to make something that is a lot like stained glass. Let's go see what they have in store! - Well hi, boys and girls! This is Mrs. Nobach And in today's lesson, we're going to talk And I thought it would be really fun if we learned a very simple line dance, all in the comfort of your own home. Before we do those steps, a couple of things to remember. Your back needs to be keep a steady beat in your feet, and the last thing is pretty important, make sure that whatever song we dance to, you have to be able to count So, those steps are really easy. I'm gonna turn around so you can watch. Forward, two, three, four, and back, two, three, four, and right and two, and left and turn. That's it, we're gonna do that four times in the song "Rockin' Robin,"

that's what I've chosen for today. So, start with me. (Rockin' Robin plays) Forward, two, three, four, back, two, three, four, right and two, and left and turn. Forward, two, three, four, back, two, three, four, right and two, and left and turn. Forward, two, three, four, back, two, three, four, right and two, and left and turn. Last one, forward, two, three, four, back, two, three, four, right and two,

and left and stop. Well that's it boys and girls, pretty simple huh? You can pick whatever song you want to as long as you can comfortably Keep your back up straight, and also remember steady Until next time, this is Mrs. Nobach. Have a wonderful day boys and girls, bye! - Hello artists, today the art element shape. How artists use it in their work, and how you can explore shape at home. - [Megan] When a line ends where it began, it catches a space inside Some shapes follow rules like the circle that's perfectly round, the square that has four sides the same, or the triangle with three corners. Those are called geometric shapes.

Other shapes don't follow rules, they might remind us of like a paint splat or a leaf shape. Those are called organic shapes. Artists use both in their work. Let's take a look at This is a stained glass lamp from the Metropolitan Do you see organic shapes Maybe you've seen a that's a piece of artwork to make beautiful designs. If you want to explore shape at home, grab some paper and crayons, or some aluminum foil Be sure to ask adult permission first, and consider covering your workspace with something like newspaper to protect the table underneath. Now I'm going to put four and start a line that's gonna and go back to the other dot on the page.

Every time my loop crosses over a line, it creates more shapes. Use your colored markers to find shapes inside your design. (happy music) Try this same project with straight lines to create shapes like rectangles, squares, parallelograms, and triangles. - And finally, we have this shape artwork. It's crayon on paper sent to us by Max, a fourth grader in Shawnee, Kansas. Great job Max, and happy creating, artists! - Oh hey, you caught me doing one of my very favorite things which is dancing. I was so excited to from Mrs. Nobach. And I got to see even more how knowing about lines is important in all the dance routines I like to do. And also, thank you Mrs.

how artists use shapes I never knew how important but now that I think about it, some of my best artist friends are really good at geometry too. I can't wait for you to (dramatic music) Next up in the world of geometry, Mrs. Rodgers is going to teach into two and four equal parts. Then, Mrs. Henwood is

and marshmallows to teach I can't wait to see it! - Hey there friends it's Mrs. Rogers here. I just sat down, it's lunch time for me. I made a beautiful peanut my favorite, oh I can't wait to dive in it's gonna be so tasty! Oh my goodness, I'm so would you like some? Well, I don't think I I wish there was a way that Wait, what was that? Cut it so that we each jeez why didn't I think of that? Well, I'm not really sure how to cut it, can you help me with that? Can you help me figure out so that we each have the same sized piece? Yeah, let's do it! - [Mrs. Rogers] Should I cut it like this? No, you're right, the two that won't be fair.

Let's try it another way. Should I cut it like this? Yeah, that's better! Now I have two pieces We call two pieces that Now, you have half of the sandwich, and I have half of the sandwich. Is that the only way we can cut this sandwich in half? Well, what about if we We call that diagonally. Do we get two equal pieces? Yeah, we sure do. There's a piece for Well, I think I'm gonna cut it like this, we call that vertically, ah, much better. A half of a yummy sandwich for you, and a half of a yummy sandwich for me! Now, if we cut our sandwich one more time, what do you think would happen? Well, I would have two pieces

and you would have two pieces. Let's count them, one, two, three, four, we've cut our sandwich Each piece is one fourth - Great work, mathematicians, way to use your problem-solving brain. What can you divide You know, there are math even your lunch. I'll see you next time, bye! - Hello friends, my name is Mrs. Henwood, and today, I've been working on a project making some shapes. Now, these are not just any shapes, they are three dimensional shapes. Now, maybe you can help me out. What are some examples of Hmm, oh that's right, shapes like a cube, a or a pyramid, these are all

Three dimensional shapes are solid objects that have three different dimensions, a length, a width, and a height. Well, what does that actually mean? Let's look at some Do you notice the difference? Well a shape that I cut out of paper is a two dimensional shape, while a basketball is a Today, I've used some toothpicks and mini-marshmallows to create Now the toothpicks characteristic of 3D shapes. You'll have to use your but the toothpicks are or sides of a shape come together. We call these edges on I've used the marshmallows

and faces of my shape together. The marshmallows represent characteristic of 3D shapes. The marshmallows would be considered the pointy corners of a where edges meet. We call the hard, pointy or vertices if there are more than one. Now, this project is pretty simple and something you can create at home. If you don't have try using other objects or uncooked spaghetti, That's the beauty of your creativity, you can make three dimensional and explore their faces, edges, and vertices. Thanks for joining me today for some fun with three dimensional shapes. I hope you have a See you soon. - Wow, Mrs. Rodgers ways that I can share

while still practicing geometry. I think that I'll try Then Mrs. Henwood reminded to use geometry in construction projects, like building houses and schools. Our vertices and our edges I'll see you right after this message. [Instructor] Kansas school for the remainder of the academic year, but school is still in session. Keeping students engaged during this extraordinary time is critical for their ongoing success. We salute our teachers, who are committed to ensuring this year strong. We're all ready for our but until that time, Kansas and keep working towards your goals. Together, Kansans Can. - Welcome back, I am really excited about our next two segments, because they involve two PE and STEM.

First, Mrs. Wynn is testing the strength of geometric shapes. And then, Mrs. Baugh is going to use shapes to help us get in shape, let's go! - Hi, and welcome to Mrs. Wynn's STEM lab. I'm Mrs. Wynn and I'm coming Today, I have a question. My question is, what geometrical Hmm, I think we're gonna have Let's start with a regular piece of paper, an eight and a half by eleven, just like any piece of paper. This is not special paper, it's not any thicker than regular paper, it's just colored. So let's make our first shape. (upbeat tune) Now that we have our

let's test them. We're gonna use these books, we're gonna stack them one at a time to see which shape is the strongest. Let's start with the cylinder, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, it fell on the ninth one. So, really it held eight books. Great, let's try the rectangular prism,

one, oh dear, it fell at two so, did it hold two books? No, it really only held one. Let's try the triangular prism, one, two, three made it fall, so it held two books. So it looks to me like the the rectangular prism held the least, so which geometrical Cylinder! - Hello everybody, we're back Today, we are learning about shapes

and how many sides they have. We're also gonna use how many exercises we're gonna do. I have a special guest with me today, my son Aiden is here. Aiden is a sophomore in high school. We're gonna switch places [Mrs. Baugh] All right, so that gives some different They're numbered one, We also have a bowl that has So, Aiden's gonna do the and then you decide which and Aiden is gonna decide All right Aiden, let's draw first. The first one, you're choosing Aiden, what kind of shape did you draw? - A pentagon. - [Mrs. Baugh] A pentagon! Hmm, how many sides are in a pentagon? - Five.

Aiden, five pushups or five squats? Good job, Aiden. Aiden's gonna draw again. This time it's jumping jacks or ski jumps and he got a... - Square. A square has how many sides? - Four. So, make your choice Aiden. Good job, this time your choices Aiden, draw the shape. What'd you get, Aiden? - An octagon. - An octagon has how many sides? - Eight. so Aiden's gonna choose eight high knees or eight burpees! Good job Aiden, last one. Aiden's gonna draw front A triangle, atriangle has how many sides?

- Three. so Aiden's gonna make his choice. Did you make yours? Good job, Aiden! We're gonna switch places again so we'll be right back! - All right, boys and girls. So, I hope you had a to determine how many exercises you do! See you next time, bye! - I can't believe all the things we learned together today. We learned that geometry in math, in science, in movement, and in engineering. I also know that geometry plays a big role in things like astronomy. We use geometry to help and position of the stars, the We also use geometry when we cook, when we use maps and computers, and when we create video games, pretty cool, huh?

We are so glad that you learners got to join in with us today and think about all the On behalf of Kansas we miss you, and we hope I'm Tabatha Rosproy, and (upbeat music)