#Oceans
These kids have already fiddled with fluorescence in K-3rd grade because I have
a UV light in my closet and fluorescent rocks (including quartz that turns
purple and others that turn bright orange, irid. green, blue, yellow). By 3rd
grade, they are allowed to use the lamp alone because they understand the
dangers on the eyes and hold it away from themselves. So every rock they find
on their weekly "Creek Walk" they analyze with the lamp. Optics they begin in
preK with colored light in a light box. They use prisms, mirrors, water, and
analyze shadows. They continue this in every grade through 4th.
The Technology piece actually is modeled after the UK program called TECHNOLOGY
which is part of their national K-12 or 13 (whatever) curriculum. I teach the
program to my kids preK-5th grade and to adults in a 16 hr. workshop, so they
can go back to their schools and begin to wrok it.
It all fits together into a spiralling, hands-on science program which is
conceptually based on the developmental growth of the kids.
It also what I wish I had had when I was a kid – I just dream on and then I
teach it…it seems to work. I've been doing this for 15 years and still love
it. And still keep growing and finding cutting edge stuff.
How about you. What do you do? Wouldn't this be cheaper in e-mail?