We created and participated in a science circus in class. We collaborated in groups to create a station for our classmates to explore for seven minutes. My group created a station called "Buoyancy Boats." At this station students were given aluminum foil to create a boat. The would predict how many pennies it would hold and then they would test it out. Afterwards they compared boat designs and sizes to evaluate what properties made the best boats. It was difficult to get this to all fit into a seven minute time slot but in the end it was a success!
Other groups prepared science stations for us to explore as well. One I particularly enjoyed involved a balloon placed around and empty bottle. If the bottle was placed in hot water the balloon inflated and if the bottle was placed in cold water it deflated. Another station involved creating the phases of the moon out of marshmallows. All the stations were enjoyable and stimulating. They got us to use our process skills and explore different areas of science.
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