As a future educator, what are some hands on activities that are engaging and fun for students? Children get easily distracted, what can I do to keep them focused?
Some hands on activities that are engaging and fun for students that I've enjoyed using in the past include making ice cream in a bag to explore states of matter and chemistry (https://www.sciencebuddies.org/stem-activities/ice-cream-bag), exploring magnetism by testing the reactions of magenets with common items, and using a pie plate to observe the effect of soap in milk versus water (https://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/milk-color-explosion/). I hope this helps! These activities are relatively inexpensive and easy to recreate for fun science exploration in the classroom.
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