First Day at Randolph… and some mystery tubes!

First Day at Randolph… and some mystery tubes!

This was our first week at RCMS and it was great! The students got to learn a little about the scientists, Miss Jenna and Miss Lauren, then talked about lab safety and finished off the class with some fun mystery tubes. 

A little about us: Miss Jenna is a biologist who has studied ants in Australia, dolphins in Florida, but found her true love was teaching science, especially with Science from Scientists. Miss Lauren is also a biologist who studied neurodevelopment using worms, has dabbled in some electrical engineering to make new lab tools, and also loves teaching with Science from Scientists. 

In the activity, students had to make observations about what was happening in a sealed PVC ‘mystery tube’ without being able to see inside. Once they made their observations and drew a hypothesis to explain what they observed, worked to build their own working models of the mystery tube. 

This lesson was exciting, challenging and great fun to complete.

Observación: Tubos misteriosos

Hoy los estudiantes aprendieron que para ser un buen científico hay que realizar observaciones muy específicas y detalladas para que otras personas puedan entender lo que has hallado o comprobado.  En la clase introducimos los pasos del Método Científico, aprendimos cómo plantear hipótesis de manera correcta, las comprobamos y finalmente trabajamos reelaborando las observaciones para que coincidieran con las hipótesis.

En la actividad, los estudiantes tuvieron que hacer observaciones sobre qué es lo que pasa dentro de un tubo de PVC sellado (el tubo misterioso). Una vez que hicieron sus observaciones y escribieron una hipótesis para explicar lo que observaron, luego trabajaron en grupos para construir sus propios modelos del tubo misterioso. Finalizamos la clase con una discusión acerca de porqué la mayoría de los científicos utilizan modelos para facilitar la explicación de un fenómeno en sus investigaciones.

Esta clase fue un gran reto y muy divertida de realizar.

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