Oct. 30, 2008

10/30/08
Adam, Aaron, and Brandon were the first to present their lesson and activity today. Their topic was Laws of Motion dealing with action and reaction. I liked how they handed out a pamphlet each group for us to look at. They explained that for every action, their is an equal and opposite reaction. The experiment was when you tape a balloon to a straw that is on a string and let the balloon go, the air flows out and the balloon shoots across the string. This showed action and reaction because when you let go of the balloon (action) it flew across the string (reaction). Ashley and Carrie presented their lesson about taste buds. I really found this lesson interesting because I didn't know about the different sections on the tongue. It was really neat. They had a good worksheet to show the taste buds and the tongue and by allowing us to eat a jelly bean that was very distinct in each taste, we were able to identify those spots on our tongue. Their video was also very clever. It didn't go with the taste bud lesson, but it taught alot of great points about what not to do when performing an experiment. Tessa and Shauna taught their lesson and showed a video about safety during tornadoes. Their experiment was really fun as well because we got to make a tornado and see it swirl and make a vortex ourselves. Erika and Natalie taught a lesson about light and heat sources. This lesson was very creative I thought and they had such great examples of what gives off heat, light, or both. My partner Ryan and I also presented our lesson today. We taught about solid, liquid, and suspension. Our experiment was to mix cornstarch and water which causes a suspension which allowed for the students to see how one thing could be a solid and a liquid. I think this is a cool lesson because students can kind of get dirty with a hands on experiment, but learn new concepts like suspension.