Science 9 – May 4
As we began a new unit on Space, I thought I would try to kick the inquiry up a notch by incorporating some tools that I read about in Make Just One Change by Dan Rothstein and Luz Santana. In this picture you see the students grouping together and discussing some new questions they have about Space. The QFocus point that I gave them was:
The Universe and its galaxies were formed over 13.4 billion years ago
Yes, I know the Big Bang is thought to have occurred 13.7 billion years ago but the above 13.4 also includes formation of galaxies.
I also had the help of a co-worker who used his 3D printer to make a capacitor holder that I designed. The idea is to use this to hold capacitors that I have soldered back-to-back. I may make a whole classroom set to use in the electricity unit.
