Exploring Our Fluid Earth

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Module 1
Lesson Plan #3
Density Bags

Module 1
Lesson Plan #3
Density Bags

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Here is my Density Bags Lesson Plan.

My students were intrigued by the soda and scientific reasoning activity and talked about doing it at home. I demonstrated the activity first and set the stage for small group work. At the end of the activity, students had to respond to one of the "Activity Questions" (p. 3 of lesson plan). We discussed all the activity questions as a whole class.

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Here are my Lesson Plan and TSI Phase Diagram

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i really enjoyed watching the students being scientists and having fun.

Sorry for the late post. I recently did the Module One: Standing Wave Tank activity with my 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8th graders at a small private, Christian school in Manoa. First, we borrowed the wave tank from the UH TSI program (thank you Alyssa, Joanna, Kanesa and Lisa.) We carried the tank 3 blocks to our campus, inside our school, up 3 flights stairs to the Science Lab. Then, we filled it with 1 gallon bottles (because the 5 gallon containers were too heavy for the keiki to carry back and forth to the sink.) We filled it to the 2/3 full markings.

I did the wave tank activity with grades 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 8th grade at our private school on Oahu. We borrowed the wave tank from the UH TSIA program. First, we had to carry it 3 blocks from UH, inside our school and up to the third floor. Then, we had to fill it with water from a sink. It took a long, long time because although we had a 5 gallon container it was too heavy for the children to carry. So, we filled it with many hands and many trips back and forth using 1 gallon containers.

I was VERY intimidated by the amount of setup required by the activity, so I tried thinking of how I could break the activity into chunks, and even into different stations. I also am implementing this activity with all of my classes, so I knew I would have to do much of the setup beforehand due to lack of bags for all classes.

This was the last of the Module One lessons. The 5, 6, 7 & 8th graders tried the Vertical Current Flow activity this week. It was a fun experiment to connect with the Ocean Literacy Principles. We used clear, wide mouthed Gatorade bottles that worked really well for this activity.

This activity engaged all the students and they looked forward to working to find the answers.

My PP exceeds the size limit of 10. Mine is 12. Will delete a few pictures to make it smaller and try again.