Location and Perspective
The Location and Perspective module helps students explore spatial relationships and then develop the vocabulary to describe these relationships from multiple locations. Interactive games help students to see everyday objects from different perspectives.
The Location and Perspective Teacher Lesson contains extra information that helps enhance both the teaching and learning experience. It includes ideas for helping students make vocabulary connections, content extensions for teachers with the background knowledge needed to answer questions, and suggestions for ways to use investigative tools to extend the lesson.
Teacher Lessons also contain common misconceptions and best practices so that students can extend the knowledge into their daily lives. As a best practice for Location and Perspective, a hands-on activity helps them best internalize what they are learning. Provide students with a collection of objects to arrange and then allow them to describe the location of the objects. Ask them to find multiple ways to identify the same object and give them a feeling of accomplishment by pointing out how many location words they know.
Location and Perspective
Describing the location of an object accurately is an important skill for effective communication. In this module students explore spatial relationships and the vocabulary used to describe the location of items from multiple perspectives.
Core Concept
The location of an object can be identified from multiple perspectives to determine motion.
Essential Vocabulary
location, perspective, around, left, middle, over, right, under
Science4Us provides the essentials that teachers need to confidently and effectively lead a classroom in any science lesson. This demo shows:
- One section of the “Teacher Explain”
- One of the 40 teacher support documents
Students explore everyday scenarios such as camping or a trip to the beach and the many ordinary changes that occur in the matter around them. Students connect what they have learned through a language activity identifying cause and effect in a song about changes in matter.
Printable teacher guides are available as part of professional development to help you enhance the online material and further student understanding. These teacher guides include hands-on activities, discussion questions and more.
Professional development also features Teacher Lessons that provide additional information such as common misconceptions, vocabulary connections, content extensions and best practices specific to each lesson. One excellent practice when teaching students about Changes in Matter is to allow them to get hands on. Students will best internalize what they are learning about when they are given the opportunity to get hands-on. Experimenting with matter and observing change around them will bolster student understanding. Give your students the opportunity to experiment with physical change using clay or playdough.