When my daughter was in Kindergarten, her class took a trip to our
facility, and I showed them some of my crystal trays ("What do you see
here? Do you see anything?" "Clear drops ...", they effectively said).
Then I showed them through the microscope several crystals, and I was
pleasantly surprised by their awe ("oooh! Jewels!"). Then I showed them
some loops by-eye and by-microscope. I'd have liked to show them how I
manipulate a crystal with that loop, but I wasn't set up to project it for
everyone to see real-time. I then told them about "protein machines" that
line up in a particular way to form that jewel they'd just seen. ...I
imagine you cannot bring a good enough microscope into the classroom with
you without some hassle, but I thought I'd share at least that 5-6 year
olds, even, can find protein crystals very fascinating.
Emily.
On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 2:02 PM, David Schuller <[email protected]> wrote:
> This one is probably above second grade, but the equipment setup is
> pretty easy
>
> http://ipl.physics.harvard.edu/wp-uploads/2013/03/15c_s07_5.pdf
> Measuring the wavelength of light with a ruler
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> On 01/08/15 13:35, John Lee wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
>
> Slightly off topic here but I got myself volunteered by my 2nd grade son
> to do a show and tell at his class. I have the rock candy experiment ready
> with some background info on what I do.
>
> Can anyone direct me to some resources or your personal demo's that you
> have done?
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> Thanks a bunch
>
> -John
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