Our second grade STEAM class is studying fossils and the science of paleontology. To introduce the unit, Mrs. Lin taught some vocabulary words related to paleontology: paleontologist, fossil, trowel, chisel, compass, brush, hammer, magnifying glass. The students played a quick Kahoot matching game to review the vocabulary. Then they were given the task to "excavate" chocolate chip "fossils" from a cookie. First, they sketched a map of the outside of their cookie. Then they wrote down a guess for how many chocolate chips they thought they could see from the outside of the cookie. They chose a tool (a plastic knife or a chopstick) and "excavated" the chocolate chips. After all the chocolate chips were removed, they counted them and compared the number to their original guess. Next was the best part: they got to eat the cookie!🍪

二年級的STEAM課程正在學習「化石」以及「古生物學」，Mrs.Lin在授課時，首先讓孩子們認識與古生物學相關的詞彙，例如paleontologist, fossil, trowel…等等，並用Kahoot的配對遊戲來複習這些單字。

接著，這堂課孩子們最重要的任務是「挖掘」巧克力豆餅乾🍪中的「化石(巧克力豆)」，體驗考古的樂趣! 孩子們在講義上先描繪出餅乾的外型，透過觀察外表，猜猜總共會挖到幾顆巧克力豆。接著可以選擇考古的器具(塑膠刀子或筷子)，開始進行考古挖掘!孩子們小心翼翼地切割餅乾，最後把挖掘的巧克力豆總數與最初猜測的數字比較，看看誰具有最敏銳的觀察力🧐

最後最期待的，當然就是享用這些巧克力餅乾囉😋😋😋