Help me give my students a hands on exploration in physics and forces in motion.
$502 goal
This project expired on March 5, 2020.
This project expired on March 5, 2020.
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
Our school is nestled on a small barrier island off the coast of South Carolina. Although our community is a vacation destination for many, it is the permanent residents of the island who occupy our Title I school. More than half of our students receive free or reduced price lunch and/or struggle with issues of poverty.
My students are creative, thoughtful and full of questions!
They absolutely love hands-on, active, engaging projects and challenges that allow them to think outside the box to find solutions!
Even though a good portion of our families struggle to make ends meet, students come to school each day ready to try new things and take brave chances in order to grow both personally and academically. Truly, they are an inspiration.
Children in my classroom absolutely love learning, although the method and environment in which they learn best vary greatly. We incorporate a variety of learning strategies, group work, and alternative learning options to ensure that each student's needs are met.
My Project
We are exploring a unit in the IB curriculum: “How The World Works”. We will be discovering why and how different variables effect the outcome of an event. This unit involves forces and motion to include balanced and unbalanced forces. The children will be exposed to a hands on experiment.
In using manipulatives, such as in this lab, our students will be able to better understand Newton’s laws of physics.
The unseen influence of friction, gravity and opposed and unopposed force will be investigated. We will also be able to incorporate cross curriculum with ELA and SS by investigating how simple machines have influenced history.
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