My students need materials to help them understand sound and light waves. The wave model and prism sets will let my students see first hand what a wave looks like and how it can change.
Science is always better when the lessons are hands-on activities. The things I remember best from when I was in school were those things that we did as hands-on experiments. The connections that students can make to their everyday life and the Ah-ha moments they have when they see the results of an experiment are the best moments of my day.
The students in my class are bright, energetic and inquisitive and need hands-on opportunities to experience science.
With budget cuts and being in a brand new school we don't have a lot of supplies or access to technology. This means some activities have become demonstrations, and some have even been canceled because I can't afford to purchase all the materials myself.
My Project
In my class I try and pull as many hands on activities into class as I can. Science is sometimes hard to grasp if you can't see it. One of our newest concepts is sound and light waves. Since this is new I don't have a lot of equipment or visuals to use with my students and I have noticed that this is a topic that they struggle with getting.
The physics materials I have requested will help my students be able to see how a wave changes and how light moves through different materials.
The wave generator will let my students change different aspects of the wave and see how that changes the look of the wave. The prisms and lenses will let my students experiment with how light travels and let them experience this for themselves.
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