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Any tips?

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Bailey Ingram Bailey Ingram 3445 Points

I will be teaching next year as a first year teacher. How do you suggest bringin outside inside to create an authentic and engaging science lerning experinece. I want to find ways to give my students hands on oppurtunities.

Brooklyn Gibson Brooklyn Gibson 1995 Points

Hi Bailey!

    Dpending on what grade you decide to work with, if it is younger students the weather can be something simple but interactive for students. Observing the weather with students and creating things that can engage them in experiments that simulate weather patterns, like creating mini tornadoes in bottles can be a fun but engaging activity.  Depending on the weather, you can have students participate in activities that mimic what’s happening outside. For instance, if it’s raining, they can learn about how precipitation works through experiments with rain in a jar, or explore how weathering occurs with water. Focus on the water cycle and do things with how ice may melt. Solid to liquid 

Rebecca Ramirez Rebecca Ramirez 370 Points

Hi Brooklyn! I am currently doing student observations, preparing to do student teaching next semester, and I love your ideas for making weather lessons interactive and engaging for younger students! Using hands-on experiments like mini tornadoes and rain in a jar sounds like a great way to bring science to life. I’ll definitely keep these in mind for my future classroom!

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