What a great week! Here are the pictures from the magnet experiment we did two days ago. It was an inquiry lesson where the children were given 2 magnets, a car, and tape and told they had to move the car several inches without touching it- using a non-contact force. No other direction was given to see what they could discover.
They discovered they needed to attach to the top of the car, a magnet , held in place with tape. They they had to hover another magnet on top of the car magnet to to it with its magnetic field. It was very challenging! Most groups did not figure it out the first time around.
They discovered they needed to attach to the top of the car, a magnet , held in place with tape. They they had to hover another magnet on top of the car magnet to to it with its magnetic field. It was very challenging! Most groups did not figure it out the first time around.
Here are the photos from today! They had to first make a hill, then figure out how to make the marble go faster down the hill, then slower. Next they had to add a loop. Finally they put all the elements together to create a roller coaster!
I did take video but since I can't post it here I will work on that piece!
MAP testing this week was a resounding success! As a test, I borrowed from 4th grade, a privacy screen, you know, one of those tri-fold things that help kids only see and work on their work? It really helped many of our students stay focused on their own work and not be able to see what other kids were doing. Because of this success, second grade is looking for donations to get each class set of these 24 x 48 sized (science fair) tri-folds. Any donations would be greatly appreciated!