We will be doing science stations! We will have five stations with a goal of reinforcing what we have already learned about sound. This is an opportunity for me to walk around and assist students in a small group setting.
Station #1: Researching on the computer. Students will use this blog and go through the websites I have linked on here about sound. They can also look at these links at home.
Station #2: Using tuning forks, water, a plastic bowl and sack, rubber band, wooden spoon and baking pan students will observe and reinforce that sound is mechanical energy. Students will experiment and record their observations and data and will make a graph with their data next week.
Station #3: Homework and research. Students have recently completed a homework assignment about how bugs use sound. Students who have turned in their homework will revise and edit it based on a graded rubric. This is also an opportunity to do the assignment and turn it in. Once completed, students will use a tablet and books to research how other animals use sound in their environment.
Station #4: Responding to twitter videos and tweets. Our class is collaborating with a high school class in Northern Kentucky via my twitter account @AshleyR_Hammond. Students will read the comments and brainstorm either a question they have about sound or a fact they learned in class. Students are allowed to use the notes they have taken in class. This activity will allow me to observe what the students know well and areas I need to focus on in class.
Station #5: This station will be a review station on states of matter. This still relates to sound because a medium is need for sound to travel.
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