Learning Across Kansas; 101; Elementary

(school bell ringing) (school bell ringing) (whooshing) - Hello, I'm Tabatha for this episode of Learning Across Kansas is a partnership between the Kansas Department of Education and the Public Broadcasting Service. Together we hope to ensure through the physical distancing that are facing our society today. Not only do we hope to enrich your lives with learning activities that but we hope to have a Today on our episode, we are going to be celebrating Earth Day! We celebrate Earth Day

on April 22nd each year. We have been celebrating which is 50 years of honoring Through that time, we have mobilized one billion people each to preserve and protect our We have given a voice to and together, like we say we can make a difference. Through today's episode, we that you can easily join in on, using materials that are We have so much in store for you today. We are gonna be learning and art and literacy all while practicing ways we can help the earth for this Earth Day. Now, first up, we're going

of Mrs. Wynn and see she has in store for us today. - Hi and welcome to our STEM I'm Mrs. Wynn and I wanna Earth Day is a great how we reduce, reuse and recycle to help make our earth a healthier place. Today, let's look at how Yes, water. Water is a natural resource and we don't wanna use it up too quickly because we want to have plenty In this day and age, we have to stay healthy. One thing that people have recommended to help us stay healthy, I wonder, how much water does Well, let's find out.

Today we're gonna wash our hands. We're gonna start with soap. We're gonna rub, we're gonna scrub for the recommended 20 seconds. Here we go. ♪ Happy birthday to you, ♪ Happy birthday dear Sally, ♪ Happy birthday to you, ♪ Happy birthday dear Sally, And then we're gonna rinse our hands and get all the soap off and then we're gonna turn the water off and that's how we wash our hands, right? All right, let's just see how to wash our hands. I have a beaker here, so into the beaker. When I pour the water into the beaker, I can measure the volume of the water.

When I get down at eye level, ah, looks to me like we've 600 milliliters of water. I wonder if there is a way that we can conserve or save Let's think about this. How could we save water? You've got it. We could just turn the water off while we're scrubbing our hands. Let's try it. Let's see what it takes. Did you know, if you sing the Happy Birthday song two times, it's about 20 seconds? Let's try again. Just get my hands wet, then I'm gonna scrub ♪ Happy birthday to you, ♪ Happy birthday dear George, ♪ Happy birthday to you,

♪ Happy birthday dear George, Then we turn the water and turn it off right away. Dry off our hands, and I wonder Well, let's find the volume All right, again, eye 200. Wow. 200 milliliters of water is all we used. So when we turn the water off, we only used 200 milliliters of water. When we left the water running, we used 600 milliliters of water. Which one helped us conserve? You're right, when we turn the water off. If you can save that much water washing your hands one time a day,

I wonder how much you could save, washing your hands several times a day. Or, I wonder how much your if you shared the My challenge to you, to be a good citizen as you're washing your hands and then, see how much water you can save and also try to share it with your family and see if they can save water too. Thanks for stopping by, see ya! (whooshing) - Thank you, Mrs. Wynn, Science experiments are to learn about the things we can do to care for our earth, Anybody, at any age, and by doing this, we take and we save some of the energy and heat that it takes to pump It is now more important We can do that in a way that

and for the earth. - [Narrator] Kansas school buildings may be closed for the 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 their students finish this year strong. We're all ready for our but until that time, Kansas students, keep learning and keep Together, Kansans can. - We are now going to hear as she shares an original Then we're going to hear as she shares an easy activity to do with recycled materials. (whooshing) - Hello boys and girls, and today's lesson is on Earth Day. And I thought it would be really fun to make up a song together and

A couple things we need to remember is we need to use our singing we want to use that correct And the last thing is, as remember how wonderful it is, so we need to sing from our heart. The song we're going to use you might have heard of. It kinda goes like this. ♪ Do do do do, do do do do ♪ ♪ Do do doo, do do doo ♪ ♪ Do-do do-do do do, do-do do-do do do ♪ ♪ Do do doo, do do doo ♪ Have you heard that song before? It's called Are You Sleeping. So what we're going to do is, we're going to put our own words in there and it's gonna be about the earth. Look at the words on the screen. Follow and sing along with me.

♪ This is Earth Day, this is Earth Day ♪ ♪ Let's do our part, ♪ Recycle and re-use things ♪ ♪ Appreciate its beauty ♪ ♪ For all time, for all time ♪ Wonderful job, boys and girls. All right, so now we know I would like for you to sing Remember, use your singing voice, nice singing posture, back up straight and also to sing from your heart. Thank you very much for This is Mrs. Nobach, have a wonderful day. (whooshing) - Hello, artists, my name is Mrs. Clark and today we're going artists reduce the amount by recycling items in their artwork. You might find some that you can use to make and we're going to be focusing

Stretching and exploring, and envisioning. Stretching and exploring means to think about things differently, beyond their normal limitations. So we're gonna look at everyday items, that you might find around your house, and stretch and explore how they may be used in an artistic way and envision some projects that you might be able to make at home. Some artists only used recycled What kind of items can you collect at home to use to make art? You could take a food and find a surface for I painted flowers I saw Or, perhaps you could use the from underneath your frozen pizza to make a mask like this child's mask. It was made from cardboard, and even the inside of that was shiny, to create the hair.

You could create a sculpture with toilet paper tubes, or even plastic items Don't have any tape or glue No worries, you can make a cut or a slit in the side of your cardboard item and attach another piece on top. Slide it through the slit. Create your own new sculpture. If you like to paint and but you have water-based to create the look of or you can make your own paint with a little bit of coffee I let it sit for 15 minutes and then painted some Remember, these artistic and to envision, are the to make innovative discoveries So whether you're going to

work in the field of technology or design, you can benefit from exploring art at home with recyclable materials and practicing stretching and Happy creating, artists! (whooshing) - Thank you Mrs. Nobach and Mrs. Clark, for teaching us fun ways how to reduce, re-use and recycle. That song is gonna be stuck in my head and I'm glad, because it talks about ways that I can care for the - [Narrator] Hey parents, With Kansas school buildings closed and homes being turned into classrooms, parents and caregivers in 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 It's really okay. Keeping students interested is the key to success. Remember, you have an entire community of fellow caregivers

Reach out. Together, Kansans can. - In the next segment, you as she teaches us about I want you to pay special close attention because when I see you after the segment, I'm going to ask you an important question and that question is, what Can't wait to find out your answer. (whooshing) - Well hey there, friends. I'm just doing a little Do you have a garden where you live? You know, gardens might depending on where you live. You might be helping a small plant grow, or you might be helping Hey, what do you know about plants? What do they need to live? That's right, they need sunshine. We don't have a lot of sunshine today,

but sometimes that's important too, to get a little bit of shade. What else do they need? That's right, they need water to grow and they also need good yummy food that they can find in soil. Hey, soil, that's kind What sounds do you hear in the word soil? Ss, oi, ll. That's right. Do you know what letter makes the ss sound at the beginning of soil? That's right, it's the letter S. What letter makes the ll sound L, terrific job. Do you know what letter in the middle of the word soil? Well it's actually two that make that sound. The O and the I put There are another two letters

O and Y put together When you hear oy at the end of a word, most of the time, it's going that make that sound. When you hear oi at the beginning most of the time it's gonna to make that sound. Hey, can you help me find I've got some seeds here and on these seeds are pictures of words and some of them have oi and but I'm looking for the so that they can grow really well in my soil that I have here. Are you ready? Let's take a look. Oink. Does the word Oink have the oi sound? It sure does, that oi

So we're gonna put it in the OI pot. What about coin? Does coin have the oi sound? It sure does. Coin, oi is in the middle of coin. We're gonna put that in the OI pot too. What about this word? Fork. Do you hear the oi sound in the word fork? There's no oi sound in the word fork. Nice catch. What about this word? Toy. That's right, oy is at so we're gonna put it in our OY pot. Let's try this one. Boy. Do you hear the oy sound in boy? That's right, oy is at

We're gonna put this in the OY pot too. You're doing great. Bone, do you hear the oi sound in bone? There's no oi sound in bone. We don't want this seed for our pot. What about this word? Joy. That's right, oy is at It goes in OY. What about stop? Do you hear the oi sound in stop? There's no oi sound in stop, Last one, voice. Do you hear the oi sound in voice? That's right, oi is in the It goes in the OI pot too. Hey, terrific job, you know

Can you find some words in your home that have the oi sound too? I bet you can. Well, I gotta get back to gardening. Thank you so much for helping me. I'll see you next time. (whooshing) - Oh boy, I sure enjoyed that lesson. Did you hear what type of words I used? Now remember, I said I was gonna ask you an important question after Mrs. Roger's taught us something. Now let's ponder and think. Hmm, what do plants need to grow? Tell someone nearby in your house, what plants need to grow. If you said water, sunshine and soil, you were right and I'm going to teach you a way to celebrate that knowledge. Get your mirror out.

This is my mirror. Look at yourself in the Let's do it together. Lookin' good! In our next segment, we are She's gonna get our bodies moving and talk about caring for our earth. Let's go. (whooshing) - Hello everybody! Today I am here to share with you a physical education lesson. This lesson is also going to help us to learn more about So the name of our lesson today is Protecting the Environment, okay? It's very common that we, and we leave it. We don't put it in the right place and that's not good. Not only are we harming our environment, but we're also damaging for our creatures that So today, we are going to pretend like we are cleaning up somewhere in our state of Kansas.

On this lakefront, people have and some styrofoam. I know what you're thinking, You're right, it's not. This is a T-shirt but I'm going to pretend Styrofoam is not something but water bottles are. So I also have two containers behind me. One says trash, one says recycle. So for this physical education game, I'm going to use something and put them in the right containers. I'm using spatulas. You could use whatever that's going to keep you to touch the trash because when we help with our environment and we help clean up, it's important to use gloves or something so that you're So I'm using these 'cause You can use whatever you

It's important though, the grown-ups that you live with if it's okay for you to use those items. So I'm gonna show you now, how we're gonna get our bodies moving as we pretend to clean I have a watch that I'm gonna and for one minute, I'm gonna I can pick up and put in the right place, either in the recycle Remember, my foam is going to the trash, my water bottles is going So we have one minute, ready, go! (wind blowing) Oh! (water bottle rattling) Oh, I see, I got 30 seconds left.

How much time? Oh, 20 seconds. And I'm out of time! All right, so, I'm kind of out of breath So in addition to practicing for Earth Day, I also have So when you play this game, you could do a lot of different things. You could try to see if you can get it all and how long it takes you,

you could challenge someone else. So again, that was called If you would like to know and some more, visit openphysed.org okay? Again, that was openphysed.org. Thank you so much for tuning in today and watching this. Remember, pick up the trash, and get your heart rate Bye, see you next time. (whooshing) - Thank you Mrs. Baugh. What a fun and simple to get our bodies moving and to practice taking care of our earth. I can't wait to see if my family will do that To all our students and the kids out there watching this show today, we are so glad we got to bring a little bit more On behalf of all Kansas educators, we miss you, we love you,

and we hope you learn and conservation today that Anybody can help save the earth. I'm Tabatha Rosproy and I Bye bye. (upbeat music) (children cheering) (school bell ringing)