This week my students are learning about energy and energy transformations. To help my students understand this tricky concept I created different energy transformation experiment stations. Each station demonstrated a different type of energy transformation. Using the structures inquiry experience allowed my students the opportunity to discover some of the different ways that energy is transformed in our world. My students were positively affected by this lesson because they were allowed to use their curious nature to discover a naturally occurring phenomenon. To document their progress I checked out our school i-Pads and allowed the students to tape themselves while they were doing the lab. For my blog this week I have included some of the video segments that the students took of themselves while they were performing the different labs. Unfortunately, I am having a difficult time uploading the lab sheets that the students completed. Once I am able to do this successfully, I will add it to my blog, sorry :(
I think the work samples and the video will demonstrate my students’ engagement in the activity. There work samples, I believe, will demonstrate their understanding of energy transformation. The labs helped students to see how energy is transformed from one form to another.
Take a look below and see some of the student generated photos and videos. I think they did a great job!!
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| Students created their own thermal energy experiment. |
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| Hammer and Nail Experiment |
