Photocopying by hand

 

 

 

Sometimes science is ridiculously complex for little kids, other times it's just drawing on a bit of paper.

 

The confusing part is the mysterious rotating of the image above. 

Advanced Vocabulary

Science class packets come with all the appropriate paraphenalia and two flashcards.

But sometimes I must question the vocabulary words chosen for six year old EFL students.

 

The Wheels On The Bus

The quest for science is eternal.

 

The excitement never ends although regarding this elastic powered bus I feel that .....well.



 

 

A sharp pointy stick is not a good idea with small children and somehow I feel that the position of this one makes it all the worse.

 

 

Much excitement was had as I retied a dozen elastics two to three times apiece. At least I had everything packed away safely in their school bags with minimal drama.

 

Even Moar Science!!!

 

Once again, adventures with SCIENCE!!

 

I always seem to have ds.k vhlmv;esi/  water experiements which are horrible and awful and I despise them so. D:>

 

But seeing as I am a mean fascist that exerts and iron-clad will and control over these proceedings it generally goes alright.

 

More to the point, do I really sound like that? Ye gods - my eardrums are cruel indeed.

 

Messing with the digestion

 

So, as I may have mentioned before, every Wednesday I belabour to introduce some six and seven year olds to the wonders of SCIENCE!! I'm provided with convenient little books and plastic bags worth of goodies for doing so too.

 

Behold what U.C. Berkeley (seven years) and I got up to:

 

It's.................an unnecessarily detailed model of the digestive system. Wait, do they really need to recognise the duodenum?!

The colorful one is a puzzle (minutes of fun!) and the lower picture involves playing with a magnet and a paper-clipped picture of food.

Science everyone!!

For Science

So, the bottle rocket. (No, not that kind)

 

I made this with Brown class and they loved it. I drew a big taget on the board and they aimed for that with MUCH enthusiasm. This way, no 'rockets' were lost down the back of the lockers or outside the window.

 

It was a lot like the water gun fiasco which I, of course, failed to take pictures of before I had to cannibalize it for parts.  >:3

 

These things got some surprising height. I wonder how many of thing were fired into irretrievable positions...............................probably all in the end.



 

 

Practical Education

Part of the curriculum at Ivy Kids involves Science!

The kids love it and it is a lot of fun but there is a large level of dubious content which shall no doubt show up here soon enough.

I have two science classes at the moment so I get both Brown and U.C. Berkeley for sciency fun.

I receive a giant pack per school session. A big plastic bag of  'experiments' for the kids and a teacher bag with one so I can demonstrate the process(/cannibalise it for spare parts.)

With Berkely recently we did this:

I'll be honest, when it comes to creating a refreshing breeze, it's kind of useless. However, the kids loved it. The plier- things were quite hard to operate though. Slippy and stiff.

Naturally, some of the motors didn't work so we had to tear up some of the spares. No on off button but the connected/not connected settings..

Still, although I doubt they actuallylearned anything it had a certain *Eeeeeeee* appeal to the kids. (and the teachers who have one sitting on their desks.)