6. Engineering for every kid Easy activities that make learning science fun

RE: Share your classroom ideas here

2017-04-30T20:24:21Z

The activities are based on the chapter 9 Recover Petroleum Engineering from Janice's VanCleave book.

Activity 1

Individually the students will search on the Internet the topic: What is the petroleum used for?
A Padlet will be created by the teacher and the students will complete with the examples they find (links, pictures or videos about petroleum and petroleum products).

Activity 2

Students will watch together the video with the experiment Mixing Oil & Water Science Experiment (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neS6Tm_HXKE ) and after that will try to answer the questions in the video.

Activity3
The teacher will explain the miscibility and density notions using the Tedex lesson http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-don-t-oil-and-water-mix-john-pollard#watch (the video has aRomanian subtitle too) and some other videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6aoJNqt1MQ (Oil and water mixed in slow motion), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AwUeeBMcRk (SchoolFreeware Science Video 5 - Density of Salt Water, Fresh Water And Oil) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z50jEi1igNQ (Denser Than You Think - Science Experiment).

Activity4
The students will try to answer the questions in the Think part of the Tedex lesson http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-don-t-oil-and-water-mix-john-pollard#review

Teacher will help with additional questions (the exercises in Janice's vanCleave book) and an extra activity in the Dig Deeper section of the Tedex lesson (Additional Resources for you to Explore) http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-don-t-oil-and-water-mix-john-pollard#digdeeper

Homework
Groups of 3 students will be formed and they will have to try the experiment at home and they will film the experiment trying to explain the results.
A report on the experiment will be written by every group using the structure that Janice VanCleave suggests in Guide to the Best Science Fair Projects: Introduction, Experiment, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgements and References.

RE: Share your classroom ideas here

2017-04-29T00:16:55Z

Hello
My class activity is
To determine how the shape of a material can
make it stronger.

Metarials :
Papers , Glue

We are going to test the strength of paper, folded in differently shaped columns, by piling books on top. This is very similar to how columns are used to support buildings and other structures.

The cylinder can support the most books because it’s walls don’t have any edges. The force of the books cannot become concentrated in a particular area. The load is distributed evenly. In other words, all parts of the cylinder are sharing the load of the books. All parts of the cylinder, therefore, contribute to it’s overall strength until, finally, it collapses.The square and triangle deform more easily. They shift the weight of the books to their edges and corners, which deforms their walls and leads to a quick collapse. They are unable to carry weight only at their edges.

"Structural Engineering "

2017-04-28T16:01:56Z

Fifth experiment with my kindergarden students
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ScienceTeachersEurope/permalink/1901165926763806/

Hydraulic Engineering

2017-04-27T20:23:28Z

Fourth experiment with my Kindergarden students
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ScienceTeachersEurope/permalink/1900790103468055/

RE: Aerospace Engineering

2017-04-27T12:01:21Z

Dear Palma, thank you so much for sharing your experiments based on the book with us! It is great you found it useful for your classes and that you have been able to organise experiments with your students directly based on the examples provided in the book.
This book is, of course, slightly different from the other titles in the book discussion as it is very practical. Do you plan to do more experiments from the book during STEM Discovery Week?
Keep sharing with us

Petroleum Engineering

2017-04-26T22:10:10Z

Thir experiment with my kindergarten students
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ScienceTeachersEurope/permalink/1900343240179408/

"Aeronautical Engineering"

2017-04-25T19:16:24Z

Second experiment of the week with my kindergarten children.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ScienceTeachersEurope/permalink/1899775013569564/

Aerospace Engineering

2017-04-25T13:09:38Z

This week we are going to do one experiment daily with my kindergarten students.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ScienceTeachersEurope/permalink/1899234530290279/

Share your classroom ideas here

2017-04-23T08:57:31Z

Use this thread to share your classroom ideas inspired by Engineering for every kid: Easy activities that make learning science fun by Janice VanCleave. Looking forward to hearing your ideas!