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We'd also like to be included!
Laddie Elwell
Headwaters Science Center
Bemidji, Minnesota
On May 23, 2008, at 3:35 AM, Ed Sobey wrote:
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> Beverly
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> We have developed about 50 inventing activiities, many that can be
> done within an hour. Some new ones use solar cells. We can talk off
> list about specifics.
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> Best wishes,
>
> Ed
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>
>> From: Beverly Perna <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: 2008/05/22 Thu AM 07:58:05 PDT
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: need your ideas
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>> Fellow travelers,
>> We currently have a wonderful, well received, "elegant" program on
>> inventions. Using Googolplex, the students have to "invent" some
>> sort of
>> transportation device to transport a load of textile artifacts. It is
>> inquiry, it is fun, it uses a material unfamiliar to them that
>> they like
>> to manipulate. So what is the problem? The company went under
>> several
>> years ago, and we have exhausted the world of its spare parts.
>> Hence, the need to re-invent inventions.
>> The activity needs to be inquiry based, not something the schools
>> would
>> do (otherwise, why the field trip?), suitable for grades 5-8, has
>> to fit
>> within an 80 minute time slot and preferably "compressible" to
>> accommodate the schools that arrive late, has to be fun and
>> compelling,
>> & demonstrate the engineering design process. Forces & Motions is
>> in our
>> state standards grades 6-8, and energy is in the engineering and
>> technology standards 6-8.
>> We have looked at all types of building materials. I am intrigued
>> with
>> solving an energy problem, but the activities I have looked at either
>> take too long or are simple follow the directions, not student
>> driven to
>> "invent." The kids need to be in charge of what they come up with.
>> My brain has gone numb with this problem, and I have a gut feeling
>> that
>> I am missing a simple answer because I have made it so
>> complicated, and
>> so I turn to all of you because I know you know what makes, as Bernie
>> Zubrowski says, " the playful educational experience." You may
>> reply off
>> list, if you wish.
>> Thanks,
>> bp
>>
>> --
>> Beverly Hill Perna, Ed.D.
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>> Tsongas Industrial History Center
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