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Step 2: Introduce ActivityNarrator: Imagine this: You've just started introducing an activity and the kids are already playing with the materials and not paying attention.
How can you avoid this? Just follow these ground rules.
- Establish a signal--tell kids when you raise your hand they should stop and listen.
- Set the tone--remind kids science is a fun way to explore the world around them.
- Give clear instructions--help kids understand what they're about to do.
- Make predictions--ask them what they think will happen.
- Discuss possible solutions--start kids thinking about ways to begin.
- And finally, hand out the materials only when you are ready for them to start.
Let's watch the ZOOM cast introduce Water on a String.
VIDEO CLIP
(Description: Shing Ying holds two six-ounce plastic cups. One is full of water and the other is empty.)
Shing Ying: Do you think we could pour the water from this cup into this cup? We could if you could just go like this (Description: She pours water from one cup to the other). But what if the cups always have to be two feet apart?
Mike: The only material we can use besides ourselves and the cups is string. Whichever team--either Kortney and me or Shing Ying and Estuardo--is the first to get the water from this cup (Description: He points to the full cup of water)...to the line of this cup (Description: Mike's finger traces a measuring tape to an empty cup two feet away from the full cup. The empty cup has a green line one third of the way up from the bottom)...is the winner. Ready, guys?
Narrator: Did you notice how the ZOOM cast showed the materials as they introduced the activity? This is just one way to start.
You can also read the activity instructions out loud. Or, you can hand out the activity sheet for kids to read on their own. Think about the best way to introduce activities to your group.
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