Today at one of our school site CSWs, kids followed 3 different recipes for bubble solution. They then made polyhedral bubble wands (which is surprisingly calming – so much focus!!) With 15 minutes left in the workshop, we tested out each solution, students finally stood behind their favorite and explained […]
Community Science Workshops
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We’ve been busy getting this year’s CSWs started up. Last week we talked about air pressure & made balloon cars – it was cool to hear students explain why the knew the air would deflate out of a balloon. Sometimes it’s difficult to explain things that we just know to […]
We just wrapped up our second year making Gak with students at John Muir. Approximately 400 students, TK – 5th grade made and explored the fascinating Non-Newtonian fluid. Class discussions included examples and descriptions of liquids, solids and gases. Upper grades also talked about polymers, molecules, elements, chemicals, and chemical reactions. […]