I wanted to let you know I am still teaching 3rd grade at Miller Elementary in Midlothian, TX. I have a 1:1 iPad classroom. I work with all subjects. I also have been working with the Perot Museum in their STEM Teacher Academy. This is my 2nd year to attend their academy and they would like for me to share/log my science teaching along with my technology journey. I am trying to stretch into a "STEM" teacher. We can learn and grow together!
Day One of our Kosmos STEM Teaching Academy -
Questions like these - that you THINK you know - Perot makes sure you question what you know and are able to prove your answer. My goal with this institute is to be able to teach my students with more depth and make sure they know the WHY behind science.
We are learning about Chemistry this year. We were given an AWESOME book to make chemistry "easy" for us.
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I have read the first chapter. It is an easy text to read with labs all though the book to make understanding concepts easier for the reader. This author also has Stop Faking it Math books.
We learned from a nice man this morning. He taught us all about Thermochemistry. It was interesting, although I was not good at plugging the numbers into the equations.
My favorite lab that we completed with him was called "Flaming Cheeto!" We got to weigh a Cheeto and then put the Cheeto under a can filled with 200 ml of water. We then burned the Cheeto to deturmine the amount of heat energy released per gram when burning.
The afternoon continued with a LOT of fun. A nice lady showed us how to make our very own bouncing ball!
Although the video might lack spunk - you can see that the ball DOES work! The recipe for the lab is below!
This is a wonderful - not too messy lab for kids. Enjoy! More tomorrow!
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