#2864. Our clothes

Science, level: Elementary
Posted Fri May 16 21:41:51 PDT 2003 by Asmaa Al-Ameri (U9922506@zu.ac.ae).
Zayed University, AbuDhabi , United Arab Emirates
Materials Required: Three one meter fabric for each group (Their will be 4 groups).
Activity Time: for 4 weeks
Concepts Taught: Math, Science

Basic Information

The grade level is

Fourth primary grade.

The subject will be
Math and science
The skills which will be included in the unit:-

Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, Discussion, Analyze, Adding, Subtracting,
Drawing, Searching, Making a creative catalog (collecting the information and the pictures us a catalog), Gathering information.

Curriculum map

Subject Math Science Art Familial Education

Make and measure the clothes.
Study the fabrics
Coloring the clothes
Making clothes

Essential questions

1. What are the benefits of clothes?
2. What kinds of clothes we are wearing?
3. How we can clean or clothes?
4. How do the human make their clothes?

Creative name for the unit

Our clothes

Why we were clothes? How it is made? How we care about it?

Activities to be completed

A detailed description of the activities

1- The students will see a movie about different kinds of clothes and some kinds of clothes and then the students will write and learn what are the benefits of the clothes?

After the students see the movie they will set in groups of three and they will write in the papers why we were clothes and different kinds of clothes.

The content areas which are addressed in this activity:-
Science

The multiply intelligence which this activity is addressing:-
The verbal linguistic intelligence.
The spatial/Visual intelligence
Assessment:-
I will assess the students in this activity by:-
• See if their have any questions or points which they are confuse about it then when they will have no questions I will make sure that they understood the movie.
• For the students how cannot ask questions to the teacher because there are shy, I will look at all the students report about the movie, or I might ask each students to write what they understood about the movie, then I will explain it out of the class for the how don't quite understand the movie and want me to explain to her.
Thinking process:-
• Organizes and manages information.
• Integrates new information with exiting knowledge and experience.

2- Students will search in pairs about some pictures of any types of clothes and they will make a catalog for them.

In this activity the teacher will divide the class into two students and this by the students who seat behind each other.
Then the students will use the websites which the teacher will give them to search on it and get the information from it.
The students will search about any things related to the clothes history, pictures, or even clothes from other countries.
After they find the information they will make a catalog about the pictures of the clothes.
An extra mark will give to any groups who make a special catalog.
The content areas which are addressed in this activity.
Computer, science
The multiply intelligence which this activity is addressing:-
Interpersonal intelligence.
Verbal/ linguistic Intelligence.
Visual/ Spatial Intelligence.
Assessment:-
• In the class I will walk around the students to make sure they understand the activity and they are working on it.
• I will assess this activity depends on how much information their gathered, so the more information the more grades.
• Part of the grade of this activity will be in but the resources in organize way (books, internet).
• An extra point will give for the group who bring information from more than 5 different sources or new sources like (encyclopedia or interviews).
Thinking process:-
• Organizes and manages information.
• Applies technology to live, learn and work successfully in an increasingly complex and information-rich society.
3- How we clean clothes, the students will have a class in family education course and the teacher will teach them how they clean the clothes.

In this activity the students will make an experiment about we can clean our clothes.
The experiment is:
The materials need:-
Bring four dirty fabrics ( the students can dirt it by but chalk or color or but it in .
Soap.
Two small plastic pools for each group which contains one of it cool water , and the other one hot water.
The steps:-
But in one pool cool water only and put hot water only in the other pool (because each group have four students, each two students will be responsible for one of the two pools).
Then the two students will but one of the fabrics on the pool which they have, then they mix the fabric with the water.
Dry it , and write what they see
The next step is to put a little amount of soap in the other two pool which they didn't use it before.
Do the same thing which they did it before.
Dry the four fabrics, and compare the results. Then, write the results and include it in the group work file.
The content areas which are address in this activity.
Science , family educational.
The multiply intelligence which this activity is addressing:-
Spatial/ Visual intelligence.
Bodily/ Kinesthetic.
Assessment:-
• I will make sure the students understand the activity by ask them to ask the family education teacher any question they want to ask about the activity.
• I will assess this activity by look at the students and see who are working how didn't.
• The high grade will be give for the more active group.
Thinking process:-
• Organize and manages information.
• Organize resources and time efficiently.
• Combines information in new and unique ways.
4- Make a trip to the clothes factory.
• Request a trip day from the school administration.
• If it is possible, make an arrangement with the Dubai clothes factory.
• After the students go to the trip and while they are in the factory the teacher will ask them to write a few notes about what are they see in the factory.
The content areas which are addressed in this activity are.
Science, family education.
The multiply intelligence which this activity is addressing:-
Verbal / Linguistic.

Assessment:-
• First of all I will explain the activity for the students and their role in the trip.
• I will give grade for behaviors in the trip, and the good behavior group will get a full mark for behavior.
• I will give grades for the groups which make questions and ask it for the people in the factory.
• For those students who can't ask questions I will look at their report of the trip and I will give them the participation grade.
Thinking process:-
• Integrates new information with existing knowledge and experience.
• Receive and understands ideas communicated through a variety of modes.
• Supports effective communication by seeking clarification and providing appropriate feedback.

5- Make a special day for the students and cooperating with family education teacher to make some simple clothes?
• Ask the family education teacher to give the students special class and if she agrees tell her to bring the equipment which the students will need in the class.
• Give the students the class, and then let each student to apply the lesson on a small fabric.
• Then the students will include those fabrics in their group project.
The content areas which are addressed in this activity are.
Family education, Science, Math.
The multiply intelligence which this activity is addressing:-
Bodily/ kinesthetic Intelligence.
Interpersonal Intelligence.
Spatial/Visual Intelligence.
Mathematical/ Logical Intelligence.
Assessment:-
• I will make sure that all the students understand the activity, by their questions to the family education teacher.
• I will assess this activity not by individual person but the whole group.
• The more active group which mean:
The students in the group are all participate with each other to make the simple clothes.
The students in the group try hard to make many fabrics and more creative ones.
Thinking process:-
• Integrates new information with existing knowledge and experience.
• Assumes role as leader or participant appropriately.
• Uses individual background experience to enhance group process.

6- The students will search about what are the materials which the tailors use it in make the clothes, and what are the materials which their mothers use in making the clothes.
The students can go to tailors and make an interview with them to know what kinds of materials they use in their work.
After that the students can write a report about that.
After all the students finish their interviews, they will make another interview with their mothers to get what kinds of materials they use them to make clothes of fix it.
An extra mark will give for any student who makes an interview with their Grande mothers and know the different between the materials which the mothers use them in these days and in the past.
The content areas which are addressed in this activity.
Family education, science
The multiply intelligence which this activity is addressing:-
Interpersonal Intelligence.
Assessment:-
• I will assess the students also by the group.
• The higher mark will be given for the group how bring interviews from each students. (The students in all groups don't have to bring an interview from each student).
• An extra mark will give for any student who makes an interview with their Grande mothers and know the different between the materials which the mothers use them in these days and in the past.
Thinking process:-
• Plans, organizes and selects ideas to communicate.
• Is flexible and responsible in communication.
• Communicate with others in a civil, respectful way to work towards common goals.
• Recognize effective communication.

7- The students will learn how we can color the clothes?
The students will do an experiment about how we color the fabrics.
The class will share with science teacher and art teacher.
The art teacher will bring fabrics and colors and let the do the following experiment:-
• 3 fabrics for each group.
• 3 small pools for each group.
• Cool water and soap, hot water only, hot water and soap.
The steps:-
The teacher will but cool water and soap in one pool and hot water only in the second pool, and hot water and soap in the last pool.

The content areas which are addressed in this activity.
Family education, science, art.
The multiply intelligence which this activity is addressing:-
Interpersonal Intelligence.
Bodily/ Kinesthetic.
Assessment:-
• This activity will assess by the whole group as following:-
The higher mark while be given to the group which do her work quietly and correctly, and write the result which they find.
Another mark will be to the first group which finished her work and it should be a correct work
Thinking process:-
• Uses individual background experiences to enhance group process.
• Separates the individual from his/her group role.

List of resources needed

Addresses which the students will use:-
• http://www.mclink.it/n/citrag/roma/doc/civil/ecv_024.htm
• http://www.costumes.org/pages/timelinepages/timeline.htm
• http://members.tripod.com/~histclo/movie.html
• http://www.ntcsites.com/palestine/clothes/
• http://www.dragonstrike.com/egypt/cloth.htm
• http://www.cybamall.com/dragons/women-antiquities.html
• http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/things/romanlife/ancientp15.htm

Addresses which the teacher used:-

http://www.jayhs.jay.k12.me.us/INVENTORY.HTM

Materials to gather:-

Three one meter fabric for each group (Their will be 4 groups).
Meters (for each group), scissors, needle, thread for each student.
Cool and hot water.
Four middle plastic pools for each group in the class.

Rubric for the unit activities.
The grade will be 100 and it divides into the activities as following:-

Task one (movie and report): 10 points
Exceptional
10-9 points Very good
8-7 Good
6-5 Needs more work
4-0
Show an interest for the movie like asking question (more than 4 questions), and be attention to the movie. Most of the students in the group show interest to the movie and ask two or three question. Show interest to the movie. Don't show any interest to the movie.
Write an organized report which include most of the information in the movie Write an organize report which include some of the information Write the information in the report but not in very organize way. Write very little of the movie interview.
Show group work effectively Most of group members work together Some of the group member work together. Don't Show group work

Task two (searching): 20 points, 10 for searching 10 points for the catalog
Exceptional
10-9 points Very good
8-7 Good
6-5 Needs more work
4-0
Group search and the website are more then 8 different websites Group search and the website are 5 different websites Group search and the website are less than 5 different websites 3 or 2 website or then same kind of sources used.
A creative catalog which contains different kinds of clothes pictures, colorful catalog, and organized. A good catalog with very good amount of pictures which organized. A catalog which includes pictures. The students didn't do the catalog as it require from them.

Task three (clean clothes): 15 points 10 for the experiment and 5 for the report.
Exceptional
10-9 points Very good
8-7 Good
6-5 Needs more work
4-0
Show good behavior in the class. ________ __________ Being noisy in the class.
All of the students in the group be active and involve in the experiment. Most of the group members involve in the experiment. They experiment were not done very much as request from them but they done it an very slowly way. The experiment didn't completed
The students write the report on a very organize way including some comprehension of some information in the resources.
Also, they include the report in their unit file. The students write the report in a very organize way and only talk about some information in the web which related to this activity. Also, include the report in their unit file. The students write the report in a very organize way.
Also, include the report in their unit file. They students didn't write the report on organize way. And they didn't include it in their unit file.

Task four (the trip): 10, 5 points for the behavior among the trip and 5 points for the report.

Exceptional
10-9 points Very good
8-7 Good
6-5 Needs more work
4-0
All of the group members show good behavior in the trip, and asking more the 5 questions to responsible. All of the group members show good behavior in the trip, and asking less than 5 questions to responsible. Most of the group members show good behavior in the trip. The group members didn't show good behavior in the trip
The students write the report on a very organize way including some comprehension of some information in the resources.
Also, they include the report in their unit file. The students write the report in a very organize way and only talk about some information in the web which related to this activity. Also, include the report in their unit file. The students write the report in a very organize way.
Also, include the report in their unit file. They students didn't write the report on organize way. And they didn't include it in their unit file.

Task five (make some simple clothes): 15 points, five points for participation in the class, and 10 points for the work
Exceptional
10-9 points Very good
8-7 Good
6-5 Needs more work
4-0
Show good behavior in the class. And great participation Very good participation among the members Good participation Being noisy in the class.
All of the group members work hard to make good clothes for each student also they might make more, and they include it in their work file. All of the group members work hard to make good clothes for each student, and they include it in their work file. Most of the group members work hard to make two or three good clothes for the whole, and they include it in their work file. Didn't complete the work or they completed lately.
Didn't show cooperation among the group

Task six (interviews with tailors and mothers): 15
Exceptional
10-9 points Very good
8-7 Good
6-5 Needs more work
4-0
More than 14 question for both interviews.
Each student makes an interview.
Rewrite the interview in a very good English report. Less than 14 and more than 12 questions for both interviews.
2-3 students make an interview.
Rewrite the interview in a good English report. Less than 12 questions for both interviews.
2-3 students make an interview.
Rewrite the interview in a good English report. Write less than 10 questions for both interviews.
2-3 students make an interview.
Rewrite the interview report.
An extra point will be given for the group which write a comprehension between making clothes materials nowadays and in the past.
Task seven (color the clothes): 15 points, 10 points for the good experiment and the 5 points for the results which written
Exceptional
10-9 points Very good
8-7 Good
6-5 Needs more work
4-0
Finish up the experience, and clean up their places and equipments and write their report and finish all of it or most of it in the same class. Finish up the experience, and clean up their places and equipments. And start in the report in the same class Finish up the experience, and start to clean up their places and equipments. Finish up the experience only.