Presentation 3

Today's presentations were very good. I enjoyed making tornadoes I think this would be a great activity and I liked the safety procedures that go with it. I also liked the tastebuds lesson I think students would enjoy tasting different types of jellybeans. Most students at a young age would enjoy getting food to taste. I also enjoyed the balloon activity because students would enjoy the sound effects the balloon made. These groups did a good job today I think their topics were age appropriate.

Presentations 2

On Tuesday, we did more lesson plans these lesson plans were really helpful. One of the activities that I liked was the making oblack. I think students would have enjoyed this activity because it is making a playdoughlike substance. Another interested idea is making rockcets. This lesson would be great to because students would actually doing hands on activity especially things that will be launched. I think all the presenters did a good job and havd quality lesson plans.

Presentations 1

Today in class it we did our midterm presentations. I think these presentations were very good and I think the topics were important to discuss in science. I liked the jello activity because it is a good lab for students to do at home but also it is fun because you can eat your activity. The habitat presentation was very good and students can really be creative with making their own habitat. I also enjoyed the oil and water experiement it was a really neat idea to add food coloring to mixture. Students would enjoy this because it looks cool and it would keep their interest.

In class work day

In our on class we worked on our project ideas and figuring out what we were going to talk about for our class presentation. We decided to have the students create a book about each season and what happens during each season. It is important that students know what happens during each season because one of our safety topics is to discuss the type of clothing being worn for each season. This is important becasue in the summer you dont want to suffer from heat exhaustion or in the winter get frostbite.

Outline

This day there was no class so we had a in class assignment. For our assignment we needed to create an outline. Our group decided to make a book about each of the four seasons. I think doing the four seasons is a good project because it is something that each student would enjoy especially in the younger grades. I am very excitied about our midterm project.

Ping Pong Ball Activity

The ping pong ball activity is important to know because it was a good activity to use with teaching students about air and air resistance. The force of air pushes the ball into the other cup how hard you blow the ball depends if it lands in the cup or not. This lab would be great for students because they would get a chance to see if they could move the ball over to the other side. They would enjoy this lab because they would think it would be a game and a challenge.

Safety Game

In class on Thursday, we did a safety game lab excerise were we found different websites and evaulated on safe they were. I think this is extremely important in lab especially with younger children. Children need to know the safety rules and be able not to break things. They also need to be able to use equipment properly. There were also other safety tips that students need to know there were safety tips on water, bike, and emergency. These would all relate to children and they need these tips in life. I think science can be life skills and not always science based it is important for students to know safety in and outside the classroom.

Chapters 3 and 4

We had an out of class assignment on Tues. We had to read chapters 3 and 4 and answer questions. I thought the chapters were very good about explaining how children think about science and how some of them have ideas about how science works even from a very early age. I thought it was interesting how the chapter encouraged students to investigate science by asking questions and coming up with new ideas from their own learnings. I think science should be very hands on and let students listen to a lecture about how this is the right way to do science.

Mystery Box

This activity would be great with students. They would make a good amount of observations and love trying to guess what is in that box. I think doing this activity in a group works great for students because they can share ideas and come up with observations together. Students can make learning connections with why different shapes and different size marbles can make different sounds.