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What are some hands on experiments that students find more exciting and engaging?
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I think there can be so many fun experiments in the classroom but have you thought of maybe expanding it to be outside. I did a lesson plan on building a float with students. The goal of the project was to see how many pennies could fit on the float while it's still afloat. This project fit with many science standards!
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Hello Monica,
Students enjoy doing hands-on experiments because it provides fun ways to understand the scientific concept. Let's say you are going to teach parts of a plant. When I had substituted a 4th-grade class we went to the school garden and they were able to pick their own flowers. As the students picked their flowers we headed back to the class. On a blank sheet of paper students needed to dissect a flower. The goal was that they needed to identify parts of a plant which are petals, leaves, stems, and roots. They will dissect the plant and place the object in the correct order. They will glue and write which part of a plant it was. Students were engaged and enjoyed this activity. This website gives many hands-on activities for science: https://www.education.com/activity/science/.
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Hello Monica,
I would have to say that children love a lot of things about science and one activity that can never fail is slime! Children love this stuff. I would suggest looking up different types of recipes that are safe for kids. I remember some time ago watching a kids science video and there was an activity on color changing slime. i know this would be extremely fun for children.
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Oh my goodness, Monica, so many out there... What topic or area of science are you considering? We want to make the experiences exciting and engaging, but what do we want the students to gain from these experiences? I've found that most elementary investigations can be carried out with simple, household, classroom materials. It's more about the questioning and allow the students to think about the process for finding answers.
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I have found many wonderful activities from the following websites. Be sure when you do any science experiment to allow your students to explore to try to find answers themselves. Give them many open-ended questions that will engage their thinking. Best of luck and have fun!
https://www.sciencefun.org/kidszone/experiments/
https://www.weareteachers.com/easy-science-experiments/
https://sciencebob.com/category/experiments/
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Some ways to use hands-on active learning are solving mysteries, puzzles, and riddles makes learning fun while involving students in active learning.
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