#1 Go the website and click on the Wonder of the Day
#2 Type in the right hand corner your topic in the box that says "search" From that you will get a list of Wonders that has something to do with your topic. For my topic, there were 9 Wonders that I can preview and choose which is most appropriate for my 5th grade indicators.
#3 Book mark the wonders and watch your students get excited about the Wonder.
The best success I have had with my class is to preview/hook the Wonder at school. This would include: students making a prediction, watching the video and writing down new facts, and previewing the vocabulary list along with the links. Sometimes I give them 1-2 focus questions for their HW, and they go home to read the wonder, "play" with the links and focus on the specific assignment. However this time I asked them to leave a STRONG comment just read below everything they learned. One stop clicking -priceless!
Every Friday this year I have been able to find a Wonder of the Day that directly correlates to one of our standards that we are working on that week. From the Great Lakes, to idioms, to glaciers/icebergs, to how popcorn pops (reactions)...there is always one! I can always find one on questions from curiosity...we read Twenty-One Elephants and some of the students wondered about how bridges were made. Yep! There was one for that too! What a valuable resource that is always one click away!!!! :)
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