Presentations

Today in class we finished doing our group presentations. Our group went today and our experiment was seeing which cup would be the best insulator. We had a can, Styrofoam cup and a plastic cup. We put a small amount of dry ice in each one and let them set for a couple of minutes. We passed the cups around and had the class look at them. We found that Styrofoam cup was the best insulator. It had no frost around the cup while the other two had a lot. The can had the most. Our lesson plan was for a fourth grade class. Another group had a good experiment for younger grades that had food coloring and frosting. With this they had the students learning about the scientific method especially the hypothesis. They would ask the kids to predict what colors the food coloring would make the frosting when the two were mixed. They used the primary colors for this experiment. Their safety concerns were no eating, no poking the people with lab objects. Another group did their lesson plan on simple machine parts. They would have the students take a part a clock to see how many simple machines they could find in a clock. For safety they would have the students wear safety goggles because sometimes the springs and other objects pop out. They also stressed not putting anything in your mouth. This group also had a worksheet to go with their lab. Overall, there are many lesson plans and activities that I would use in my classroom. There was a variety of grade levels. I would be able to find a lesson plan for almost any grade I am going to teach.