New Timers Thanks to a Generous Donor

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New Timers Thanks to a Generous Donor

Earlier this semester, I had the chance to attend a Steve Spangler workshop at the Science Museum of Oklahoma.  During the workshop, i of the teachers stood upwards together with told us that nosotros should all brand certain nosotros joined a facebook grouping called "Oklahoma Education Needs/Donations."  I'd never heard of this grouping before, but I made a signal of checking it out when I got home.  

If you're reading this from a solid set down that is non Oklahoma, you lot powerfulness non realize the terrible solid set down of instruction funding inwards the state. 

Check out this graphic: 

Oklahoma schools maintain to accept their funding from the solid set down cutting due to revenue failure after revenue failure.  The coin for basic classroom needs only isn't in that place anymore.  

The finish of the facebook grouping is to connect teachers who require classroom materials amongst those who tin assistance run across those needs.  

My Algebra 1 students are currently working through our unit of measurement on Data Analysis.  We accept been using iii OERB workshop. 

These timers accept definitely been well-used this twelvemonth inwards my Physical Science class.  But, iii timers inwards a cast of twenty some students isn't enough.  

I decided to ship my require of timers inwards the Facebook grouping together with see what happened.  If my require wasn't fulfilled, I would hold upwards no worse off than before.  

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 yoke of days later, I got a message that a gear upwards of half dozen timers had been purchased together with would before long hold upwards delivered to my school.  They were kindly purchased for my classroom yesteryear a identify unit of measurement friend of our scientific discipline teacher.  

Six MyChron timers (affiliate link) arrived inwards the postal service yesterday! 

And, nosotros were able to position them all to operate today amongst a information collection action inwards Algebra 1.

We measured how long it took us to discovery dissimilar items inwards a Highlights Hidden Picture Puzzle.  Then, nosotros made box-and-whisker plots of our information that nosotros used to compare our hidden moving-picture exhibit finding skills to those of our classmates.

I'll ship to a greater extent than close this action SOON!

I'm together with thus thankful that in that place are together with thus many generous people willing to pace upwards together with assistance my students when those funding the schools are failing them.

Visiting the Science Museum of Oklahoma

Fibonacci Sequence Math Optical Illusions Science Science Museum of Oklahoma Steve Spangler

Visiting the Science Museum of Oklahoma

Last weekend, I had a peril to watch the Science Museum of Oklahoma inward Oklahoma City.  I was tending a Steve Spangler Science Workshop (super awesome, yesteryear the way!), in addition to nosotros were given fourth dimension at luncheon in addition to later the workshop to explore the museum.  I think visiting the museum every bit a nestling when it was known every bit the "Omniplex."  

I took a few pictures of math-y things I saw inward the museum, in addition to I idea I would portion them here.

I already shared this flick inward my post virtually educational activity sequences inward Algebra 1.  I introduced my students to the Fibonacci sequence inward class, in addition to thus I wanted to exhibit them when I saw it inward the *wild.*

When I saw this speed restrict sign alongside infinity printed on it, I had to accept a picture.

I fifty-fifty made my married adult man accept a flick of me side yesteryear side to the sign.

I used a robot arm to selection upwardly 1 of these balls.  It was much trickier than I expected!

These giant dominoes caught my eye.  How cool would it hold upwardly to cause got a laid inward my classroom?!?  I'm non certain what I would create alongside them, but I nevertheless mean value it would hold upwardly awesome.

My married adult man had to accept a plough at the robot arm, too.

The optical illusion room was super-cool.

Which cerise describe of piece of occupation is longer?

Can you lot notice the hidden image?

How many legs does the elephant have?

Which segment is the longest?

There was a super-long hallway alongside these optical illusions painted on it.  I decided that these would brand awesome classroom decor!

I flora the tile inward the bath to hold upwardly inward a rattling interesting design.  My married adult man tells me it's super-weird to accept a flick of the tile inward the bathroom...

I honey this bicycle statue.

Where did the bicycle go?!?

Some of these images made my caput hurt!

Color Blindness Tests

These colors written inward dissimilar colors puzzles are ever fun!

Looking at this slice made my caput hurt!

And this 1 was simply evidently fun :)

I'd honey to become dorsum 1 time again when I would cause got to a greater extent than fourth dimension to explore the museum fully.  We were walking closed to the museum alongside our boxes total of scientific discipline experiment goodies which made it difficult to participate inward a lot of stuff.

Must-Have Supplies for a New Physical Science Teacher (Part 1)

Chemistry Labs manipulatives OERB Physical Science Steve Spangler

Must-Have Supplies for a New Physical Science Teacher (Part 1)

Well, I've officially finished my kickoff twelvemonth every bit a physical scientific discipline teacher.  It wasn't a journeying I planned on taking, but I learned in addition to therefore much from the experience.  For example, I re-learned simply how much I dearest chemical scientific discipline in addition to don't dearest physics.  I gauge that's the argue I sought out my chemistry certification in addition to therefore I volition hopefully live able to learn 2 periods of chemical scientific discipline a twenty-four hr menstruation adjacent year.  Don't worry, math volition ever live my kickoff love!  

This is the kickoff one-half of a mini-series close the supplies that I considered a must-have inwards my physical scientific discipline classroom.  Now, you'll direct hold to maintain inwards heed that I was teaching scientific discipline inwards a regular, non-lab classroom.  This led to having to brand numerous, numerous adaptations that would non live necessary inwards a laboratory setting.  Hopefully this post service volition assist inspire a hereafter physical scientific discipline teacher!  

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Periodic Table War.   

Cups.  My students ofttimes needed a fleck of H2O for a lab activity.  Since I don't direct hold a sink inwards my room, I would direct hold to send them to the bath sink to fetch water.  These cups saved the twenty-four hr menstruation for this many times before I was able to have some proper pitchers through a local grant.

Rube Goldberg machines.  I latterly ran across a scatter plot activity involving fourth dimension vs. pose out of dominoes that I would dearest to comprise into my Algebra 1 cast adjacent year.  Looks similar I demand to acquire a few sets of my ain dominoes for my classroom!  

HS Science Workshop amongst OERB.  Then, I received half-dozen to a greater extent than local donor.  I know that my students could ever work their prison theatre cellular telephone phones every bit a timer, but I would rather my students NOT direct hold their phones out during a lab!  These travel perfectly, in addition to my students dearest using them.  

Baking Soda.  Not having a proper scientific discipline lab has meant that I had to live really creative amongst the types of chemicals nosotros were able to work during labs.  Baking soda made a few appearances inwards our curriculum!  

Salt.  This was some other mutual solid exceptional that my students were able to work inwards their labs without having to worry close disposing of toxic chemicals.  

Effervescent Tablets.  My students completed a lab where they compared the comport on of dissimilar H2O temperatures on reaction rate.  Effervescent tablets worked perfectly for this.  

Packing Peanuts.  I originally saved these thinking that my students could work them for some form of density activity, but they genuinely came inwards most useful for our egg drib project!  

Do Not Remove This Card. I created these laminated cards that read "Do non withdraw this card" afterward seeing Steve Spangler produce the same at a workshop amongst his Mysterious Water Suspension trick.  I direct hold some awesome video I took inwards cast when doing this activity that I demand to portion soon!    

Mini Metric Olympics.  

OERB Workshop.  I dearest that they are plastic in addition to therefore I don't direct hold to worry close cleaning upwardly broken drinking glass if they acquire dropped.  We used these to explore measuring volume, in addition to nosotros continued using them inwards lab afterward lab.  My Algebra 1 students fifty-fifty got to work them for our Crow in addition to the Pitcher activity.  

Mini Metric Olympics.  They're also simply to a greater extent than ofttimes than non useful for cleaning upwardly afterward labs!  

OERB workshop.  Most of my labware is plastic due to existence inwards a classroom setting instead of a laboratory setting, but it was overnice having some glassware that could live placed on our hotplates.  

Digital Thermometer.  We did several labs that required testing the comport on of dissimilar temperatures of water.  Having a digital thermometer made our information collection in addition to therefore much easier!  Now, I demand to honour a agency to acquire my hands on a cast laid of these! 

Mini Metric Olympics.  We also used them when practicing measuring volume.  My Algebra 1 students used them for our Crow in addition to the Pitcher activity.  I'm also thinking they would live keen for modeling electrons on Bohr models inwards the future!          

lab on making rust, y'all purchase these.  In the future, I'll honour somewhere to purchase some proper steel wool for that lab!  

Mrs. Stewart's Liquid Bluing.  We used this to brand crystal "Chemistrees" correct before Christmas Break.  Yet some other activity I yet demand to weblog about!

Mini Metric Olympics.  

Flask.  Remember my tiny, 100 mL glass beakers from earlier?  For quite a while, these were the exclusively glassware inwards my classroom.  Heating a substantial total of H2O on the hotplate amongst exclusively 100 mL beakers takes a LONG time.  Eventually, I broke downward in addition to borrowed a 500 mL flask from the one-time HS chemical scientific discipline lab.  This made heating H2O in addition to therefore much to a greater extent than efficient.  

Oven Mitts.  These were a gift from my hush-hush pal.  I'm certain she meant for them to live used inwards my kitchen, but they worked perfectly for removing glassware from the hotplate!  

OERB workshop.  We didn't produce much amongst organic compounds inwards Physical Science, but I did learn my students to name in addition to model the diverse alkanes.  They had a lot of fun edifice the dissimilar models!    

Platform Scale.  My mom picked upwardly this scale for me at a yard sale, in addition to it worked perfectly for when nosotros needed to honour the volume of items that were likewise large for our triple beam balances.  

Plastic Containers.  These were perfect for carrying H2O in addition to containing experiments.  My students were in addition to therefore amazed that they nested ane within of another.  If y'all accept them out, they maintain getting smaller in addition to smaller in addition to smaller in addition to smaller!    

OERB Workshop.    

TI-30XS Calculators.  I LOVE these calculators for both my Algebra 1 classes in addition to my Physical Science class!  They are the most user friendly scientific reckoner I direct hold came across!  

Triple Beam Balances.  I was able to borrow a laid of these from our one-time HS chemical scientific discipline lab, in addition to I am in addition to therefore glad I did.  It was quite a patch before I was able to acquire my hands on a digital scale, in addition to therefore this was all nosotros had for measuring.  I had many of my physical scientific discipline students inwards Algebra 1 every bit well, in addition to those kids loved showing off their measuring skills inwards math class!  

Vegetable Oil.  This was some other ane of those mutual solid items that showed upwardly inwards classroom activities.  

Pitchers.  Remember when I was having to tote H2O from the bath inwards plastic cups?  These pitchers from EAI Education made transporting H2O to the classroom SO much easier.  The pour spouts kept my room a lot drier in addition to cleaner, too!  

Plastic Test Tubes amongst Racks.  These are marketed towards main students, but I dearest existence able to work them amongst my high schoolhouse students because I don't direct hold to worry close drinking glass breaking.  It does hateful we're express every bit to what chemicals nosotros tin forcefulness out pose inwards them, but every bit y'all tin forcefulness out tell already I kept the chemic listing pretty tame this year. ;)  

Measuring Cups.  These got most of their work measuring out baking soda in addition to common salt for diverse labs.  

Graduated Cylinders.  I was lucky to acquire grant coin from our local pedagogy foundation to purchase to a greater extent than plastic graduated cylinders for our diverse labs.  

Plastic Beakers.  These plastic beakers are also from EAI Education in addition to were also purchased amongst grant coin from our local pedagogy foundation.  

Digital Scale.  I'm non certain what to nation close this scale.  My students definitely prefer it to the triple beam balances, but they broke it on the kickoff work out of the box.  :(  It yet works, but the overstep doesn't remain attached similar it should.  

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Mason Jars.  These were used for Steve Spangler's Mysterious Water Suspension Demonstration.  If I don't weblog close this soon, delight remind me!  

Bubble Wrap.  This protected many an egg inwards our egg drib competition!  

Two Liter Bottles.  These were used for experimenting amongst inertia inwards the hex nut probability lab.  We also used them inwards a lab I haven't blogged close yet where nosotros examined the most efficient agency to empty a two-liter bottle.    

Ammonia.  This was an of import element inwards growing our "Chemistrees."

Vinegar.  If baking soda is inwards your lab, y'all improve direct hold vinegar, too!  

Dry Erase Pockets.  I used these to brand many of our physical scientific discipline activities interactive in addition to reusable.  My students dearest using these pockets!  

Slotted Weights.  These were perfect to add together to diverse objects to vary the weight during a lab.  

Marble Roller Coasters without marbles!  These would also travel for the Mini Metric Olympics in addition to the Crow in addition to the Pitcher activity.    

Scientifico.  They would also travel keen for modeling electrons inwards Bohr diagrams.  

Meter Sticks.  These are likely the most used exceptional inwards my scientific discipline class.  We used them for EVERYTHING.  

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Rube Goldberg Machines.  

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Magnets.  My sis gave me these circular magnets, in addition to they were perfect for modeling how to describe Bohr Diagrams on the dry out erase board!  

Paper Plates in addition to Circle Stickers.  While I modeled my Bohr Diagrams amongst magnets, my students created their models using paper plates in addition to circle stickers.  

This represents exclusively role of my listing of must-have supplies, but I demand fourth dimension to accept to a greater extent than photos before writing upwardly the minute half!