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Share-A-Thon. Lab Safety. Rules, rules, rules? Time to be serious: Use real cows eyes to show HCl acid damage Demand safety contracts signed by students and parents with broken contract consequences Post important symbols and signs Review pertinent rules prior to each lab.
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Lab Safety • Rules, rules, rules? • Time to be serious: • Use real cows eyes to show HCl acid damage • Demand safety contracts signed by students and parents with broken contract consequences • Post important symbols and signs • Review pertinent rules prior to each lab
Teach a Life Skill • Demonstrate how to operate a REAL fire extinguisher! • Obtain permission • Best if outside • Use an expired CO2 canister • A fire is not necessary! • 3 P’s PULL, POINT, and PRESS • Follow up with a home safety check
Lab Safety • Ways to make assessment fun: • Tie die the goggle edges and coats/aprons • “I Spy” Safety Observations • “Catch ‘em showing sense” • Pop up Book Project
CPO stopwatch (average reaction time 1 sec) Mr. Wizard’s Timer and old $ bill trick Objects for inquiry in a ziplock: Twist ties Paper clips Rubber bands… Real life applications: Alcohol use and driving ability Sports performance and anticipating the “gun” Human Reaction Time
Visualization (sit still for 1 minute) Reference object (required) Objects in motion Flip books Animation wheels Introducing Motion
Periodic Table Quilt • PATTERNS! • Planning, Predicting • Concentrating • Calculating • Complex problem solving
Conceptualizing Matter • Vocabulary Stress • Atom vs. Molecule • Element vs. Compound • Pure Substance vs. Mixture • Nuts and Bolts tie in