Help: i'm a high school student who is going to teach a gr.5 class science for a day... for the first time!

Question

as an 'extra' school project, i was assigned a grade 5 class for 2 hours, to teach them anything about science. it can be anything at all!

however, this is my first time doing this, and i have no idea what to do. do you have any ideas for something that will keep them interested throughout the period?

or, do you recommend any websites that could also give some tips?

thanks a lot. í don't know where i would be without you guys...

Answer 1

Look in the library for books by Janice Van Cleave.  She writes a whole series of books on different science subjects with demos and activities.

Answer 2

Try letting them go outside and observe the plants around them get a magnifying glass kit for everyone in the class and let them fill out a paper on what they learned or make a hands on thing by letting them do a boyouncy testing what floats and what doesnt

Answer 3

teach them realativity, thats when i learned in the fifth grade, make it exciting use volunteers from the class, even confuse them with wierd things. theyll like it......

Answer 4

i think u should do an experiment like w/ balloons u can find an experiment on balloons like on google or yahoo or ask type experiments with ballons and tht might help

u could have them make like a solar system out of paper and and string

u could take them outside and hav them write how a leaf looks like and wat kind of tree and certain tree is

plant a tree or flowers

do u hav any pets u could bring them in and hav the observe them and play w/ them and hav them guess wat kind of kingdom family class order species and phylum  they r

hope u hav a fun time