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Lab with Dad “Enriching Your Science Program with Parental Involvement” NSTA National Conference April 12, 2013
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Lab with Dad. “Enriching Your Science Program with Parental Involvement” NSTA National Conference April 12, 2013. Karen Delmotte 4 th grade teacher Trinity Lutheran School, Utica, MI 586-731-4490 [email protected]. Brenda Havers 7& 8th grade science teacher Trinity Lutheran School - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Lab with Dad“Enriching Your Science Program with Parental
Involvement”NSTA National Conference
April 12, 2013
Introductions
Karen Delmotte4th grade teacherTrinity Lutheran School, Utica, [email protected]
Brenda Havers7& 8th grade science teacherTrinity Lutheran [email protected]
Initial Goals/Philosophy
• Parental involvement• Enrich/supplement classroom lab
activities• Alternative to Family Science Night• Keeping it simple
The Nitty Gritty of Preparation Invitation to target group Permission slips/confirmation
notes/reminders Reserve facilities Get older students involved with
prep Limit size if necessary Solicit donations of desserts
The “Big Day”Time (6:30-8:00)Participants meet in an adjoining
room for directions for the evening.Event/CompetitionRefreshments and fellowship
Puzzling Powders Adapted from Science Olympiad Parent and child learn properties
of known powders by conducting various tests
Receive a mystery powder and infer its identity
Fun with Water• Target group – 2nd Grade• Activities include:
– Sink or Float (density)– Rainbow Test Tubes (measuring)– Barge Building (buoyancy)– Sponge Squeeze (estimating volume)– Color Wheel (light and color)– Chromatography (density & mixtures)– Drops on a Penny (surface tension)
Mystery Architecture• Adapted from Science
Olympiad• Parent and child team
receive a bag of misc. building materials
• Challenged to build the tallest tower they can that supports a tennis ball
Bridge Building• Adapted from Science Olympiad• Parent and child team given 50
straws and 20 straight pins• Challenged to build a lengthy, sturdy,
and stable bridge that supports a chalkboard eraser
Metric Olympics
• Adapted from AIMS• Parent and child teams compete in a variety
of events testing their ability to estimate metric measurements
• Involves predicting their abilities to do a physical challenge, which requires some sort of measuring
The “Cookie Caper”
• Adapted from Mystery Science, Case of the Missing Lunch” from www.dandylionbooks.com
• Parent and student team solve a mystery by examining clues left at the scene of the crime
• Clues include a mystery powder, footprints, and a ransom note left at the scene
• Police officer on site to read crime scenario
CSI: Trinity
• Invited students in grades 6-8• Parents used as volunteers at evidence
analyzing stations• Faculty and staff chosen as suspects• Actual crime scene investigator present to
analyze with students evidence left at the crime scene
Crime Scene
CSI: Evidence Stations• Fingerprinting
• Handwriting Analysis
• Blood typing
Chromatography & Footprints
Hair Sample Analysis
Funding Solicit free-will donation
from parents participating at event
Local businesses for supplies (i.e. straws)
Science budget
Outcomes• Great Public Relations
• Local newspaper coverage• Administration loves it• Great parent feedback
• Great Bonding experience • Between parent and child (specifically dad and child)• Between dads and dads
• Greater excitement for science• Builds greater support for science program
GO TIGERS!!!!!!
