Games, Computer Lab Activities, Online Learning Activities
Diagramando a la Ciencia: A Maggie’s Earth Adventures Activity
Where can you find a fish’s gills? What are a flower's anthers? Students pick an object, study its parts in Spanish, then prove what they’ve learned!
- Grades: 1–2, 3–5
Scholastic’s “Diagramando a la Ciencia” interactive activity, one of Maggie's Earth Adventures, challenges students to memorize the various parts of a structure in Spanish – with limited time.
First, Students Choose a Structure:
- Capas de la Tierra
- Estructura de una Flor
- Anatomia de un Pescado
- Capas de la Atmosfera
After studying a diagram of the structure and it parts, students must match the correct parts within the diagram.
Sample Structure: The Flower and Its Parts
- Petalo
- Anteras
- Filamento
- Estigma
- Estilo
Students can also play this activity in English.
Learning Objectives
While participating in the “Diagramando a la Ciencia” activity, students become proficient with several of these skills.
- Use Web technology to practice science skills
- Track progress on different skill sets
- Identify scientific structures
- Subjects:Environmental Conservation and Preservation, Earth Science, Human Body, Fish and Marine Life, Plant Structure, Animal Structure and Movement
- Skills:Diagrams, Science
