Week 2:

Dance Elements and Science Integration: 

During today's class, we explored choreographic dance form, and creating our own dance pieces that integrated with the science curriculum. Within the dance curriculum, students have to:

1. Create and Present
2. Reflect, Respond, Analyze
3. Explore forms of Cultural Contexts 

Within this second class, we had to create and present a dance piece, and reflect, respond, analyze out peers dance pieces. As a group we explored the different terminology within the dance curriculum, and how they related to each person's dance piece 

The dance strategy/ technique that we explored within this class was (ABACADA) which was what my group presented to the class for our presentation. The science application that my group chose to explore was space, having a movement that was always present (the moon surrounding around the Earth). The targeted audience for our lesson was grade 6 - Space, having dance moves fitting in together to form a whole presentation with regards to Space.

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Curriculum Expectations: Grade 6
Dance:Overall Expectations:

• A1. Creating and Presenting: apply the creative process (see pages 19–22) to the composition of short dance pieces, using the elements of dance to communicate feelings and ideas

• A2. Reflecting, Responding, and Analyzing: apply the critical analysis process (see pages 23–28) to communicate their feelings, ideas. 

Specific Expectations:

• A1.4 combine the elements of dance in different ways to communicate a variety of ideas 

Science:

Specific Expectations:Grade 6 - Understanding Earth and Space Systems

• 2. Investigate characteristics of the systems of which the earth is a part and the relationship between the earth, the sun, and the moon

Application:

Overall, I found that integrating the Science curriculum within Dance, was an extremely effective strategy to use for students to learn content from different subject areas. What I took away from this lesson was experiential learning, putting the responsibility of creation within the students hands. This makes the students more accountable for their work, and makes learning certain subject areas more exciting, and improve the student's overall learning experience.