SUBMARINES
MARCH 1, 2013
Today we tried out a new approach. Today, instead of handing the kids an instruction sheet for building a submarine with the supplies that I had purchased, we took a different approach, thanks to the inspiration of a video produced on TED TALKS at this link:
We started our session by watching a short video.
It was pretty cool and got the kids attention!
I then informed the kids that their adventure was to learn how submarines work, to build a model with the supplies that were out on our kitchen counter, then show what they learned on a poster.
There was some frustration from a few at first because they weren't "hand fed" but eventually they joined the others in their excitement and it was really amazing to see what they learned through their "Student Organized Learning Environment (SOLE)."
We are going to do something like this at least a couple of times a month and hopefully more as I get better at teaching this way!
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| Bethany jumped in, Rachel is a bit stressed at the beginning --- |
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| Benjamin took the "English Grandmother" role |
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| Supplies for the submarine model |
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| Asking questions and gathering knowledge |
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| Bethany, Daniel and David with their submarine model |
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Joseph Rachel and Rebecca had a hard time getting their sub to sink completely.
Rachel would not give up and despite "defeat" from siblings, she kept at it with her ideas and .....
It worked! Joseph saw her success and said, "How did you do that?"
A great success moment for Rachel!
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| Mason wants to have a try, too!!! |
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| Rachel and Rebecca working on their sub model |
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| Watching it sink on its own as it fills up with water. |
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| Rachel blowing air into her submarine to displace the water so it will rise up again! |
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