“Eggstra Exploration” brings excitement
“Eggstra Exploration” brings excitement
By: Catherine Smirnoff
Description: Interactive egg experiments bring excitement to Golden Hills Elementary School.
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Posted by editor Tue Nov 30, 1999 00:00:00 PST
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0 responses 0 comments Golden Hills Elementary School teachers Heather Richter and Jana Walker introduced their 58 third-grade students to an interactive, hands on exploration of
the egg
The students have spent the week at various workstations in the two classrooms discussing and performing experiments with eggs. Exploration stations included having the students guess what their egg might weigh and comparing it to the actual weight, measuring the circumference and spinning eggs to determine which egg did spin the fastest.
The teachers were assisted in the week-long program by parent volunteers.
Together, they helped the children weigh, dye, draw and identify the parts of the egg and keep daily journals on their discoveries.
“The students learn to organize their thoughts and form conclusions from their experiments,” Walker said.
Students Ty Carter and Allison Cheek especially enjoyed weighing the eggs and learning that a fresh egg floats. On Thursday, parent volunteers cooked eggs with the children.
“My favorite part was getting to eat the egg,” said student Thomas Montes.
Richter said she has done the egg unit for many years and the kids enjoy it greatly.
“They get involved in the entire learning process,” she said.
“Eggstra Exploration” from the Activities for Integrating Math and Science (AIMS) programs helps students perform scientific studies and document their findings.
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