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My TCH-207 Portfolio

Activity #1: Field Trip to a National Park

By taking a field trip, we are able to see different cultures and how the people of that culture adapted to their environment in order to live.

National Parks also allow us, to reflect on our country's history along with the multiple cultures and their languages.

Teachers can also connect their curriculum to what they would be seeing and learning throughout the trip, so their students have an idea of what to expect. This could also be used in science as well, by showing how the environment has changed over time.

Activity #2: Chain of Diversity

The chain of diversity activity allows for students to make connections among their classmates. Each student would be given a couple of pieces of construction paper, and on these pieces, they would write similarities and differences among each other.

Or in a sense of my content areas, for math, we could use building blocks, and students with the same color block will have similarities.

This would allow for each student to see how they relate to their classmates, no matter their culture and or identity. Creating one big chain throughout the classroom, it will allow the students to become more comfortable and accepting of each other.

Activity #3: Graffiti Wall

The graffiti wall will signify connections made between students within the classroom. The wall will show images, quotes, and personal pictures of the students' lives and the relationships they have made. The wall can also show the diversity within the classroom, this way everyone feels as though their culture and identity are included.

The wall is a good way to show how each classmate is connected in and outside the classroom. This activity can also be used throughout the school year, this way they can see the development among themselves.

This could be used in a mathematical aspect as well, in a geometrical sense. Each section of the wall could be a certain shape, and with that, the images, quotes, and pictures will be used to create the specific shape. This way the students can learn how to make and or alter images in order to make them connected to their curriculum.

Activity #4: Multicultural Day

By hosting a multicultural day each student would be able to express and present their culture to the class. This could be through dress, history, and or food. This day would allow each student to experience their peer's lifestyle and culture.

After each presentation, the students would be asked to make an equation based on the presentation. This equation if solved would reflect their peer's identity, basically, what aspects add up to the person they are today.

Having each student present something would be a good learning experience for everyone. Learning about other lifestyles and or cultures allows them to build stronger relationships.

Activity #5: Pattern Blocking

Pattern blocking can be used in a mathematical aspect (algebra) in order to figure out which students show similarities with each other.

The teacher could separate the students into groups and with that, the students within each group will have to come up with ways they are similar and show it within a pattern. From there once the original group has made their pattern, they would switch and try to figure out their peer's relations.

This way not only are kids performing an academic problem, they are also learning about their classmates and seeing the relationships among them.

Activity #6: Constellation Game

The constellation game would be given as a homework assignment. This game would show all forms of the zodiac system and the constellations within the night sky. This would show each student how their birthdays and history relate to each other. Each constellation has a historical story of where they come from. This can show how the students can connect a cultural history of where the constellations came from and how they relate to them.

This is a scientific aspect because we are looking at astrology. Astrology not only informs the students of what is within our universe, but it gives them a historical aspect as well.

This game can be used to show the relationships between the universe and them. Zodiac signs tend to have an impact on the way people act and or do things, so this would give the students a way to identify themselves.

Activity #7: The Butterfly Effect

This activity would consist of the students grouping up and watching the process of a butterfly's life. By watching the metamorphism of a butterfly, each student will see how the butterfly adapts to its environment and forms over time. This is a relation to students because entering a new school environment they had to find ways to adapt to their surroundings. Once the butterfly is fully developed it can stretch its wings and fly.

This activity can be both science and math-related. Science because the students are learning the process of metamorphism and the steps it takes to do so. This process can also be used in math because once the butterfly is fully developed the students can observe their wings and the patterns on them, relating them to shapes and so on.

This activity can also relate to the teachers and students because teachers notice the development of students as the year goes by. Whereas students are adapting and learning with their peers to grow into the person they want to be.

Activity #8: Build a Kite

With this activity, each student would build a kite and test its ability to perform. Each student would be asked to decorate their kite based on their identity and or culture. This way the students can express themselves through their designs, along with testing their scientific ability.

When I was in middle school we had to build cars as a way to show we understood the laws of physics. Building a kite would apply to the same aspect. The kite's ability to fly would show how each student took in the curriculum.

This activity would also allow other students to see their peer's relations based on the way they decorated their kites.

Activity #9: Money Conversion

In this activity, we would look at the different types of currency. This could be related to the students because each type of currency is related to a place and or culture. The students could fill out a survey given by the teacher on what currency they use or their family has used as well. This way we have a diverse amount of money to perform the activity.

In terms of a mathematical connection to the activity, each student would be given a different currency and have to figure out the amount each bill produces. We can also make mathematical relations by converting each currency to American money.

Seeing the different amounts and how they coincide with each other show cultural relations within each other.

Activity #10: Fingerprints

In this activity, each student will be asked to take their fingerprint along with their family. This can be done with either a stamp pad or pencil and tape. This activity would allow the student to see if they share a similar pattern within their family as well as their classmates. Fingerprints show a person's identity for all fingerprints is unique to one person.

This activity would be related to a scientific basis because it relates back to biology. Within this experiment, we could determine if a person's fingerprint pattern is genetic within their family or not. Comparing both family and others would create a broader picture for a conclusion.

Students would be able to relate themselves to their family as well as their peers, they get to see if there are similarities between the two. Fingerprints can tell a lot about a person and can always identify to whom they belong.