10/30/08

Today's class period consisted of presentation of midterm projects. We are almost done with the presentations. They will end in the next class period. Today's presentations however once again very engaging. The first presentation was over force. These presenters had us construct an activity out of pop sickle sticks, string, tape, a straw, and a balloon. We basically created what looked like a telephone string and taped a blown up balloon to the straw in the middle of the string. We then let go. The balloon went shooting across the string. This was a very engaging activity. Next we moved onto creating guap. We had already participated in an activity including guap. However, the interesting part is that each group presented the activity in a different way. The next group presented over tornadoes. Their activity consisted of taping two bottle of the same size together after filling one bottle with water. We then swished the water around and turned the bottle upside down. A tornado formed within the water. That seemed to be an activity that children would thoroughly enjoy. Finally, we ended the day with a presentation on heat sources. Overall, I have found all of the activities presented to be extremely insightful. Every group that goes focuses on a different grade level and different standards. I find this resourceful. These activities help you learn how to adjust different lessons to meet the different grade levels that you may be teaching. Overall, i have enjoyed the presentations of the lessons. They are very resourceful and they are great ideas to keep around for our own future classrooms.