Class on Tuesday, October 28

Today was the first day of the presentations of our midterm projects. My partner and I did not go today since we go on Thursday, but four groups did go today. Before the presentations started, Dr. E. talked about D2L issues. After that, the first group began. Their presentation was about magnetism. They handed out a worksheet for groups to fill out and it was a very hands-on activity. They had a great project aimed toward second graders. The second group's presentation was called "The Strength of an Ordinary Egg." This would be a very fun activity to do in a classroom. They taught it towards first graders. They stacked children's books on top of a egg to demonstrate how strong an egg actually is. It took 59 books to break the egg!! The next group went then and their project was about crushing cans with air pressure and their lesson plan was aimed toward eighth graders. Their project did not seem to work at all during class even though they tried many times, but I think as everyone was leaving, it did finally work but not very many people got to see it. Although it did not work during class, the idea represented was very good. It would be a fun one to do in a classroom some day, if it would work. After this, group number four went. Their project was about solid and liquids for second graders. Their activity would be fun to do in a classroom some day because they put different examples of solids and liquids in baggies, so the kids would be able to actually see first hand what a solid is and what a liquid is. They had an excellent presentation. Since the projects today took longer than expected, we only got four done, so we will have to hurry on Thursday. Overall, today was fun to be able to watch all of the experiments.