We also sang the song "wind the bobbin up". You can find a good version of it here:
The students liked it so much they ask to sing it almost every day!
In physical education, we used the forces of push and pull: we played tug-of-war and had the students pull each other on gym mats.
In the classroom, students made their own "push-pull" ice-cream cones. Yum!
While push and pull are physical forces used to move objects, electricity and human energy are forces that allow us to do work. In this part of the unit, students learned the difference between human and electrical energies. We presented the concept experimenting with an egg: students beat one egg with a fork and one with a blender. They learned to differentiate objects that need electricity to function.
While push and pull are physical forces used to move objects, electricity and human energy are forces that allow us to do work. In this part of the unit, students learned the difference between human and electrical energies. We presented the concept experimenting with an egg: students beat one egg with a fork and one with a blender. They learned to differentiate objects that need electricity to function.
Students then learned that light can be both natural and electrical. They saw that the sun, fire, the moon and candles are forms of natural light, while lamps, televisions, computer screens, and flashlights are forms of artificial light. We experimented with these different kinds of lights in the classroom, and had students decide which ones (sunlight and overhead lights) were better for working.
Here is a neat link to an online activity where students identify sources of light:
While a good working environment is one with sufficient light, it is also one with few noises. Students saw that excessive noise (using various musical instruments) can be detrimental to a healthy classroom or working environment.
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