This document provides icebreaker activities and strategies for resource management in science classes. It suggests icebreaker games that incorporate science content like a human treasure hunt with science clues or using a dichotomous key to have students describe themselves. Another activity has students relate what they did over summer break to science concepts. To help with resource management, the document recommends having student files to organize notes and teaching students to use classroom computers and technology. The overall goal is to engage students in science while getting to know each other and helping them better manage classroom resources.

1. ICEBREAKER ACTIVITIES
AND RESOURCE
MANAEMENT
Nancy Dooley, Carrie Schagler, Ralph Seigel,
Jake Lederman and Amna Hussain

3. • What are some icebreaking
activities that we can do in our
classes that are also related to our
science content areas?

4. Some fun games/activities
• Human treasure hunt
• Bingo with boxes that have science related
content
• Use a dichotomous key to have students
describe themselves and others identify
using the key.

5. Class Discussion- What did you do over
the summer?
• Relate everything that the students did to
science. For example is someone went camping,
have everyone identify how a student
encountered Biology or Earth Science while
hiking.
If someone bought an I pad- how does science
impact this?
• Students will learn that science impacts mostly
every part of their lives, and in the process they
can get to know other students and engage in
conversation.

6. •How can we help our
students with resource
management?

7. • In urban schools we see that home
situations and family life is not always
supportive of learning.
• We must make for a more productive
classroom experience for our students
by helping them manage resources in
the classroom

8. Help student organize notes in
the classroom
Have a file for each student in
the classroom, which has “Do it
Now” and other work in it.
Students can be taught to use
computers and other technology
in the classroom