Foil Boat
There are 3 vocab words in the Foil Boat activity: Surface Area, Buoyancy, and _____.
What is force?
OSU Teach uses this as a lesson plan template
What is the 5 E's?
A first time teacher may neglect to use this
What is a call back?
An experienced teacher does what with their materials?
What is prepares materials ahead
The word constantly to an unruly student
What is stop?
Kids like to splash the water, is there a right amount of paper towels?
What is there is no limit, use a whole roll per group? ;)
This often occurs as the teacher talks to each groups or starts a class discussion
What are probing questions
"1, 2, 3, _______"
What is "all eyes on me"
You forgot the name tags, what now?
What is find the kids name on the worksheet and hope for the best?
Example Situation: A group of 2 becomes a group of 1 after one kid is sat in the corner during the experiment. The kid doesn't want to join another group. What might the teacher do?
What is offer assistance to the student in the experiment?
According to the Engineering Design Process, drawing a diagram of the boat belongs to this step.
What is plan?
This E is used to check student's understanding of the lesson.
What is evaluate?
A good way to ensure students understand what they are supposed to.
What is repeat the instructions?
What is LSE 114?
A group of students isn't getting along the best solutions would be...
What is to make a compromise?
To get kids to stop playing with the experiment and transition this was used.
What is a callback?
This E is where you will most likely find vocabulary.
What is explain?
To ensure students stay engaged what is necessary?
What is anything interesting?
The best time to hand out materials is after this.
What are instructions?
Kids keep trying to pop your bubble wrap what do you tell them.
What is "if you pop my bubbles you have to replace them"
The experiment is performed 2x. One group goes from a max of 4 weights to 50 weights. How do you explain this miracle?
What is they didn't make a submarine the second time around?
This can be done to compare where students stand on a subject.
What is a class discussion?
Students are more likely to listen to you if they think...
What is that you are an interesting and cool person?
The correct amount of weights per group for the foil boat lesson is this.
What is 50 weights?
You, the teacher, (accidentally) knock over your student's card tower...twice. How do you pull this off with confidence?
What is take the opportunity to give an example of some improvements that could be made?