Science Lesson # 2.. !

The second science lesson that Jillian and I did went fairly well but was a little chaotic. First and foremost I would like to thank DEBI FOR COMING TO OUR RESCUE and bringing extra ice!! Seems as if someone in the teacher lounge needed their refreshment a little colder and used our ice!! Anyways.... :)  After we got our ice we put it into bags and laid the materials out on the table all labeled. Last time the teacher really liked that we allowed for the students to have a transition and get out of their seats so we did it this time as well. We brought the students over to the rug and reviewed what we learned last time to ensure that students were understanding what they were being taught. After our review they went back to their seats and we began our experiment with melting the ice cube as quickly as possible. 

As I walked around I was pleased with almost all of the students' methods and reasons why they were doing what they were doing. Many said comments such as,"I am rubbing my hands together because it will warm my hands up and the heat will cause the ice to melt." One child was even clever enough to put it on the back of his neck! One thing we did not do was make clear rules for students such as telling them that pounding the ice bag with their fist was not allowed. We now know this for next time though!


Many of the students had melted their ice within a time frame of about 2 minutes to about 6 minutes. The longest was about 11 minutes. We brought the students over to the rug and talked to them about what they learned and reviewed solids and liquids once again.

On the first day students thought that solids could not be ripped and put that as one of its properties. I asked them and they said no it can't be ripped(I think they were thinking a solid was always hard) so I took a piece of paper and ripped it up in front of them. I than asked them if it was still a solid and some said yes and some said no. So we than discussed what exactly a solid was(takes a shape) and than they all decided that the paper, ripped and all was indeed a solid!


Overall, the lesson went fairly well. It seemed a little chaotic because we had less control than last time but I think it is important for students to be in charge at times as well. I think it would of went a little smoother if we laid out specific rules and allowed students to go to the rug in groups instead of all at once. We learned a lot from this lesson and I am looking forward to the next one! :)

Moonlit Meteor Shower VISIBLE this week!

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This would be so cool to see! :)

Can I drink the sprite?

The first lesson was AWESOME! My partner Jillian did a GREAT job and I am so lucky to have her :) We worked really well together and things seemed to go fairly smoothly. Jillian and I took turns explaining things and writing on the board so we were equally involved in the lesson. I felt that we both had a fair amount of time to talk and we would jump in and help one another out if needed. We stuck with the lesson plan for almost the entire time yet did not have a chance to go over the poem but will do that next time! For the most part everything was on task and it really seemed to go well!

The children seemed interested throughout the entire lesson and I feel that this was because they normally do not have science very often and knew we were doing a fun experiment. It was apparent that they had a great amount of background knowledge because some of their answers such as,"The water will go through the process of freezing and turn into ice cubes!"  were awesome!

One of my favorite parts about the lesson was when they actually put the Alka-seltzer tablets into the water and they dissolved. There was a unanimous "WOWWWWW!" and it was hard to stop smiling after that!

The students understood our safety rules that we mentioned to them such as the proper way to smell things, not to drink it(even though once the tablets were in the cups, many thought it was sprite!)and not to run in the classroom just to name a few! The students were extremely respectful to us and one another which really led to a positive learning experience for all!

RAINBOW!!!!!!!!!!!

Becky and I were at my boyfriend's game and we saw this beautiful rainbow.

We were talking about how beautiful it was and than we mentioned how we never saw a double rainbow! SECONDS later we looked up and saw this!

The second one is a little difficult to see because I took it on my phone camera but it was MAGNIFICENT!