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\"IMG_2814\"<\/a>My name is Alex Bishop. I am a sophomore from St. Paul, Minnesota majoring in global health and minoring in chemistry. From a young age, I had a sense of wonder about the natural world. I grew up catching insects (or attempting to) and documenting the species I found. This curiosity led to my interest in scientific innovation and discovery. The K-8 Chemistry Outreach course was an excellent opportunity to share my passion with young students.<\/p>\n

I developed three different lessons with the common goal of creating hands-on opportunities for scientific exploration. The first lesson focuses on surface tension<\/strong> (Surface Tension Teacher Kit<\/a>).\u00a0 The activities teach students about the structure and polarity of water, which allow for many of the unique properties of water. \"IMG_2896\"<\/a>The next lesson developed teaches students about density and air pressure <\/strong>(Density and Air Pressure Teacher Kit<\/a>). We are never without air pressure; therefore, it can be difficult to recognize its force. Through simple activities and demonstrations, this lesson indicates the strength of air pressure. In order to connect density to air pressure, I reviewed the layers of the atmosphere and explained that they separate based on density. The final experiment introduces stu\"IMG_2813\"<\/a>dents to the six types of simple machines<\/strong>: pulley, wedge, inclined plane, wheel and axle, lever, and screw (Simple Machines Teacher Kit<\/a>). Students learn about mechanical advantage and the use of each type of simple machine. The activities can be altered according to the teacher kits to be taught to students from K-8th<\/sup> grade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My name is Alex Bishop. I am a sophomore from St. Paul, Minnesota majoring in global health and minoring in chemistry. From a young age, I had a sense of wonder about the natural world. I grew up catching insects … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":185,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ch151\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ch151\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ch151\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ch151\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/185"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ch151\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ch151\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ch151\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions\/238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ch151\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}