I got to spend the last day of school at Helmsburg Elementary. Seniors come back for some festivities, then the elementary has a fun learning day (shouldnt they all be????). The classes rotated every 20 minutes through a variety of stations. I was with the STEM teacher. We did different things with different ages.
The older kids worked with the new makedo tools they just got.
Middle ages got to make oobleck
(our recipe was 1 dixie cup of corn starch and 1 plastic cup of water)
(I think the cups were 3 ounces and 2 ounces)
(then you need just a touch more corn starch)
solids – liquids – gasses
and the pesky in between category
Younger ones did a cup stacking challenge (different size cups, different amount of cups)
How would you add some math to this?
divide height by number of cups?
Lost of excitement. You quickly see which ones dont work well together yet (such an important skill that is needed)
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