Day 483: Takin' It To The Streets

Science class was really fun today. Jeremy and Tim, the other Specials 1 Science Teachers, and I decided to take science 'out to the streets' for a little active fun out in the sun. It's so rare that we ever get to leave the school for anything, but today we actually convinced our Director to let us outside the school for a bit.

We've been talking about weather in class, and how the sun warms the Earth and how that affects day to day weather and temperature. We brought along our thermometers and went to the playground across from POLY. We then measured the temperature of both the air and the sand, in and out of the shade. The kids were able to clearly observe the distince differences between them and it helped them to understand the effects of sun exposure. Science is always a fun class for them, but being outside, doing something other than looking at textbooks, was exciting and engaging for them. It made the material come alive and we had the full attention of all the kids for the whole period. Right on!

If only we were allowed to do this kinda stuff every week!