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Topic: Designing New Experiments

Posted by: Ingrid N. Allardi
Organization:Potter Road Elementary School
Date posted: Wed Oct 28 10:29:32 US/Eastern 1998
Subject: New Bean Bag Experiments
Message:
There are a variety of ways to alter the bean experiment to meet the needs/interests of your own classroom. My students were involved in an investigation of water pollution. They were interested in discovering how pollution affects plant life. They determined several common sources of water pollution and set these up as variables. Students created four different solutions they used to water the beans. One solution was a mixture of water and oil. Another was soap and water. A third was a mixture of water and gasoline and the final solution was plain water. Students collected data over a two month period. They came up with very interesting results and conclusions! After this experiment we launched into a study of the water purification process. Students designed and built their own water filters!

Subject: Response to K. Woodard
Reply Posted by: Ingrid N. Allardi
Organization: Potter Road Elementary School
Date Posted: Mon Nov 9 12:39:38 US/Eastern 1998
Message:
Kathy- I am going to put in the mail to you tommorrow a unit that I put together on water. I hope it will be useful. Some of the activities in the unit were abstracted from an AIMS publication on water. I don't know if you are familiar with this source. There are some excellent activities and experiments in this publication that you may be interested in. The AIMS (Activities Integrating Math and Science) book is called Water Precious Water. It is written for students grades 2-6. Their address is AIMS Education Foundation, P.O. Box 8120, Fresno, CA 93747-8120. Phone (209) 255-4094. Good Luck!





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