Class on Thursday, October 16

Yesterday in class we got to have a work day with our partners to determine what our midterm projects will consist of. My partner Courtney and I came up with the idea of having our project be over solids, liquids, and gas at a second grade level. Our activity starts with an ice cube in a cup, letting it sit on a shelf, and seeing what happens. Then we take water in a tea kettle on a hot plate and hold a mirror over the spout to see what happens. This way, students will get to experience solid, liquid, and gas. To incorporate safety precautions, we will advise safety when dealing with the hot plate, tea kettle, and steam during our activity. We thought this would be a neat experiment for second graders since you get to start off with an ice cube in a cup and see a solid, and then experience the ice evaporating into a gas and then seeing water in a tea kettle evaporate. While working together, Courtney and I found which standards went along with our project. We will be sure that each standard we picked is met during our project. Overall, we had a very productive work day. We figured out what we were going to talk about, what our activity is going to be, what our outline looks like, and what standards we need to cover. Now we just have to get organized and get it done by October 30!! :)