Bean Bag Conversation
Forum: Bean Bag Conversation
Topic: Designing New Experiments
Topic Posted by: Ingid N. AllardiOrganization: Potter Road Elementary School
Date Posted: Wed Oct 28 10:18:34 US/Eastern 1998
Topic Description: How to alter the bean experiment to meet the needs/interests of your own students.
Posted by: lynn jefferys
Organization:Orchard Elementary School of Science
Date posted: Thu Nov 1 0:33:10 2001
Subject: beginning a bean bag experiment
Message:
I am the enrichment mathematics teacher with a mathematics lab. My focus group of students for our bean adventure were 5th graders who had just finished reading "Seedfolks". This was a perfect tie to the adventure. The students did an exceptional job reminding me of the scientific method and wanted very much to work within that framework. Because they had great concerns with having too many variables, they finally decided on the one variable of light. They were anxious to have all other aspects as constants. They 'planted' the beans on Monday afternoon...now we will see! I just know that this straightforward experiment will generate several followup experiments and that will please me just fine!!!
| Lynn | Sun Dec 2 20:12:02 2001 |
Posted by: Ingrid N. Allardi
Organization:Potter Road Elementary School
Date posted: Wed Oct 28 10:29:32 US/Eastern 1998
Subject: New Bean Bag Experiments
Message:
There are a variety of ways to alter the bean experiment to meet the needs/interests of your own classroom. My students were involved in an investigation of water pollution. They were interested in discovering how pollution affects plant life. They determined several common sources of water pollution and set these up as variables. Students created four different solutions they used to water the beans. One solution was a mixture of water and oil. Another was soap and water. A third was a mixture of water and gasoline and the final solution was plain water. Students collected data over a two month period. They came up with very interesting results and conclusions! After this experiment we launched into a study of the water purification process. Students designed and built their own water filters!
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| Kathy Woodard | Thu Nov 5 12:59:22 US/Eastern 1998 | ||
| Ingrid Allardi | Thu Nov 5 19:14:55 US/Eastern 1998 | ||
| Kathy Woodard | Fri Nov 6 9:03:39 US/Eastern 1998 | ||
| Ingrid N. Allardi | Mon Nov 9 12:39:38 US/Eastern 1998 |
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