Anyone teach science and want to talk about PBL?

[jordancatalano4ever]

This is something I'm trying to incorporate for my GT students. I'm in Texas so I follow the Texas teks.
I need project ideas for
1-Elements/compounds/periodic table/chemical and physical change
2-potential and kinetic forms of energy and energy transformation.
3- potential and kinetic energy as it relates to motion and forces; along with measuring speed and graphing motion.
4- minerals and rocks, earths layers, plate tectonics

I have loose ideas for each but I'm having a hard time coming up with a way to thread my ideas together into projects.
I will add my ideas but I want to post before my post gets eaten.

[flamingeaux]

We did paper chains with each color representing a different element when I was teaching compounds and basic equations to my 5th graders last year.
I drew a graph on the ground measuring out 1 ft increments, and then we rolled balls down ramps and saw how far they got in 10 seconds. Then we figured out how many feet per second the ball travelled. Look up videos of pumpkin chucking for potential and kinetic energy.

[cabbage10]

I have one I wrote for nuclear energy. I am not sure if that works for you at all but if it does I can look for it ? How old are your students. This was for Hs.

[Jalapeñomel]

I do POGILs . They are fantastic. I often use them to introduce a new topic...my students really struggle through them and they push back, but they really rise above. And they never forget what they've learned.

I teach high school chemistry (and I've taught Earth Science in the past).

[Jalapeñomel]

Jul 12, 2017 11:16:25 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

I do POGILs . They are fantastic. I often use them to introduce a new topic...my students really struggle through them and they push back, but they really rise above. And they never forget what they've learned.

I teach high school chemistry (and I've taught Earth Science in the past).

Not sure what happened here, but it says: POGILs. They are fantastic. I often use them to introduce a new topic...my students really struggle through them and they push back, but they really rise above. And they never forget what they've learned.