Ooblek - Fun or Physics?

Ooblek...have you heard of it?  I hadn't either until I discovered a group of first grade students at Cashton Elementary were planning to use the substance as part of a discovery lesson.  What group of engaged and excited six and seven year olds wouldn't be interested in non-Newtonian fluids?  Students were deep in thought as they made predictions, observations, and formed hypothesis about the bowl of strange pink...something in the front of the classroom.  Sure, it was just a basic mixture of cornstarch, food coloring, and water, but to challenge the students to understand a substance that isn't classified as a solid, liquid, or a gas certainly made for an interesting, if somewhat messy, first grade science class.

Digital Cameras and 1st Grade Geometry

Digital Geometry Scavenger Hunt

 Cashton 1st grades students were able to demonstrate their understandings of geometric shapes by finding real-world examples and taking a digital photograph.  After finding and photographing an example of each of the polygons the students had been recently reviewing, they shared the images with their teacher...no worksheets here, just a group of engaged students applying their learning and tech skills.

Formative Assessment - How did I do?