For today's lesson, students learned all about solar power! Students learned a quick introduction on what solar power is and its potential uses, but the majority of time was focused on seeing it in action. By creating a DIY "solar oven" to cook food, students were able to experience the power of solar energy.
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In this lesson, students learned about vacuums! They learned about how vacuums operate in outer space, then performed an experiment to visualize how vacuums affect everyday objects. In the experiment, students create their own DIY vacuum chamber inside a mason jar, then tested out the effects of a vacuum on a marshmallow, balloon, and carbonated water. Lesson plan files:
This week, students learned all about lenses & telescopes! First, students learned about refraction and focal points by viewing a demo with a flashlight and a magnifying glass. Then, students partake in 3 different activities to demonstrate the ways that lenses and magnification work. Another instance of this lesson can be found in the 2016 Spring section. Lesson files:
In this lesson, students will be learning about angular momentum and how it affects the real world around us! After learning the basic concepts, students will do an at-home demonstration of momentum by creating their own spinning top. From this demonstration, students will then consider the principles of conservation of momentum. The lesson plan is as follows:
In this lesson, students will learn about the solar system and its relative size. They will then create their own "pocket-sized" scale model of the solar system. The second half of the lesson is dedicated to orbits: observing how orbitals work and what drives them. Lesson plan materials:
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