Review of Bubble Babies Lesson
I am currently enrolled in a methods class at my college university, learning how to teach science in the elementary classroom. We have been working on reviewing lesson plans, identifying th... See More
I am currently enrolled in a methods class at my college university, learning how to teach science in the elementary classroom. We have been working on reviewing lesson plans, identifying the phenomenon, and analyzing if the lesson is engaging and inquiry-based. I thought that the phenomenon of blowing bubbles was good for the content of this lesson. While students may have been forming questions of their own, the teacher was also prompting them by asking if there was anything that she could have done differently to make the bubbles stay intact longer. The students were able to come up with many ideas that they could test later on in the next phase of the lesson. It is interesting to think that something as simple as blowing bubbles could be such an engaging phenomenon. The only thing I would say to challenge this activity is that blowing bubbles as a hook might be more intriguing for lower elementary students.
Brilliant and Bubbly
This article is extremely applicable to the classroom! It has me very excited to try this with students, because I feel that the activity and process described in this article will be intere... See More
This article is extremely applicable to the classroom! It has me very excited to try this with students, because I feel that the activity and process described in this article will be interesting, educational, and engaging for students. It will give them practice with complex scientific ideas like exploring the scientific method, engineering principles, graphing, and so much more. Plus, it connects to the science unit on animals, and it connects to standards. I hope that it will work with younger grades, since the article only talked about the experience from the perspective of a fourth grade classroom.