Today's class will be held on the computer in an online session from the program called WebEx. The session will start at 11:15 a. m. The same time that class starts. The session information is about Science Circus Design. The goal of this session is to work on stations project for Wednesday February 23, 2011 class.
It is important to keep track of all the assignments for each week.
We were suppose to work in our teams and design stations that are suppose to last 10 to 15 minutes. Station to Station: Science Circus. Chapter 6 of Science Stories book main concept was on state of matter. It is important to seen invitation to Google docs to Dr.Smirnova so that she can help your group with the making of the station and to also make the stations challenging. Wednesday we are going to go through the different stations. Probably get through three or four stations on Wednesday February 23, 2011. The stations need to include: standards, key ideas, goals, and objectives. There is a link is on Module under Week 6 under Monday under Science Circus.
Dr. Smirnova asked if there were any questions regarding Week 6, stations, and state of matter. Nicole Setter asked the question: Will you buy things or do we need to buy supplies for our stations? For my group which Nicole is apart of we need tinfoil. Dr. Smirnova said to send her an email and she would try with the science department and then she said that you should explore the dollar store. Clarrisa then asked a question about what do we need for Wednesday. Dr. Smirnova said that we need the material and to set up in classroom. Dr. Smirnova went on to talk about Wednesday.
On Wednesday, each group will start at their own station. The station will take ten minutes to set up. Then you will spend ten minutes at your station and then when ten minutes is up Dr. Smirnova said she ring a bell or play music to say to go to the next station. Order of rotation: Table 1 to Table 2, Table 2 to Table 3, Table 3 to Table 4, Table 4 to Table 5, Table 5 to Table 6, Table 6 to Table 1.
For Wednesday, Groups 1 to 4 should be ready with their station. For the station there should clearly state: procedures, objectives, description of station. You should post on a discussion forum your station so your peers can give you feedback. You can put your station and the task in Microsoft word.
For station should include: task, steps, procedure, what problem have to solve, and look at what standards to address. It is also good to have a print out of the worksheet.
As a teacher I would put students into groups of four and have the students do different stations. Science Circus is a great way to get students more involved in hands-on activities away from teacher instruction. I would come up with different stations for my students. One station would be the Phases of the moon with using marshmallows. Another station would be the Buoyancy Boats with using aluminum, water, and pennies. A third station would be Falling for Gravity which has to do with the marbles, binder, and ruler. A fourth station would be the Magic Balloon where the students put the balloon on a bottle and first put in cold water and then in warm. A fifth station would be the Ping Pong ball experiment mentioned in one of my own blog. A sixth station would be on ecosystems of the desert and rainforest. These six stations would interest my students keep them engaged. The students would have a fun time doing these stations and answering the questions at each station. Science Circus is a great way to get students to learn the knowledge on their own. Science Circus will only be done twice a year in my classroom as something special for the students to do instead of listening to me lecture or verbally give the students information.
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