On October 15th, 2015 Caitlin, Christy and I visited the Long Island Children Museum to learn more about fun activities to do with children for a science lesson. When we first got there and looked around the first floor we all looked at each other because we didn’t think we would find anything here that had to do with science. After walking around the first floor for a little bit, we realized there were two sections here that had to deal with science. The first section we realized was called Bubbles and we didn’t go in it right away because there were so many little children in there and we didn’t want to bother them. So, then we went to the second section on the first floor which was called the Tool Box. This section had to be my favorite
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The website called LiveScience describes it as “Because work is defined as force acting on an object in the direction of motion, a machine makes work easier to perform by accomplishing one or more of the following functions: transferring a force from one play to another, changing the direction of a force, increasing the magnitude of a force or increasing the distance of speed of a force.” Also, with the measuring scale that was in the same room as the simple machines, students can learn the difference between different objects mass and learn how to measure mass and compare it to other objects mass. The students can also learn about the different types of measurement, for an example, kilograms, grams and so on. The last activity we did that dealt with bubbles had a lot to do with science. According to a website called Kids Discover, they stated that “Bubbles provide the opportunity to study science concepts such as elasticity, surface tension, chemistry, light, and geometry. Your students can engage in processes such as observation, experimentation, investigation, and discovery, simply by studying …show more content…
These three activities that we saw at the museum could all be used in a classroom setting. Firstly, the six simple machines could be introduced into a classroom by showing children objects that have one of the simple machines in it and ask them what simple machine is involved with this object. It is a great way to show children that science is used every day in real life. I could even bring a couple of simple machines used every day into the classroom to allow the students to use it and realize that an everyday object that they could be using is created from one of the six simple machines. We could even use a ramp at the school to show the students the different between their force and work between using the ramp and using the stairs. Secondly, measuring could be used all the time in a classroom. For a science lesson, students could have a lesson plan on weight and mass by picking up any object in the classroom and putting it on a scale and then pick another object and put it on the other side the scale to observe the different between the two objects weight and mass. This could show students that objects that don’t look the same could actually be the same weight or mass. It would also be fun for students to try all different types of objects to find out their weight or mass. Lastly, the bubbles could be a great way to introduce the unit
The website called LiveScience describes it as “Because work is defined as force acting on an object in the direction of motion, a machine makes work easier to perform by accomplishing one or more of the following functions: transferring a force from one play to another, changing the direction of a force, increasing the magnitude of a force or increasing the distance of speed of a force.” Also, with the measuring scale that was in the same room as the simple machines, students can learn the difference between different objects mass and learn how to measure mass and compare it to other objects mass. The students can also learn about the different types of measurement, for an example, kilograms, grams and so on. The last activity we did that dealt with bubbles had a lot to do with science. According to a website called Kids Discover, they stated that “Bubbles provide the opportunity to study science concepts such as elasticity, surface tension, chemistry, light, and geometry. Your students can engage in processes such as observation, experimentation, investigation, and discovery, simply by studying …show more content…
These three activities that we saw at the museum could all be used in a classroom setting. Firstly, the six simple machines could be introduced into a classroom by showing children objects that have one of the simple machines in it and ask them what simple machine is involved with this object. It is a great way to show children that science is used every day in real life. I could even bring a couple of simple machines used every day into the classroom to allow the students to use it and realize that an everyday object that they could be using is created from one of the six simple machines. We could even use a ramp at the school to show the students the different between their force and work between using the ramp and using the stairs. Secondly, measuring could be used all the time in a classroom. For a science lesson, students could have a lesson plan on weight and mass by picking up any object in the classroom and putting it on a scale and then pick another object and put it on the other side the scale to observe the different between the two objects weight and mass. This could show students that objects that don’t look the same could actually be the same weight or mass. It would also be fun for students to try all different types of objects to find out their weight or mass. Lastly, the bubbles could be a great way to introduce the unit