Sat, Nov 30, 2013 9:00 PM in How do you take science home?
An activity that I found interesting to use at home for students is teaching them how to make butter in order to see how a liquid takes the shape of its container when it turns into a liquid. I used a small container, whipping cream, and salt. You put it into the container and you have the children shake it until it forms into a solid. Once they see how it took the shape of its container, you can ...
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Thu, Oct 31, 2013 12:15 AM in Limited supplies
Like many of the posts that I have read, I am very afraid that I will not have many available resources and supplies in my school to be able to give effective science lessons for my students to experiment and explore. Science is very important for education to give students the opportunity to test, explore, and experiment with many possibilities. I appreciate the post that was made on how to find ...
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Wed, Oct 30, 2013 1:34 PM in Enough time for science?
I strongly agree that incorporating science into other subjects is very important because Science time in classrooms has been greatly reduced. Many teachers spend so much time on math and reading that there is not enough time to work on a good inquiry science lesson with the students. In the school I am currently placed in, the teacher is so busy covering other materials that some days she is not ...
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