But lets rewind to explain the full story.
Before break my advanced students got an assignment to help solidify our knowledge about heat. The premise is this:
A business named Hot Stuff Cookware who makes the BEST pots and pans around (The Biebs, Lil Wayne, Obama, One Direction, Kate Middleton, and all of their moms, use those pots and pans) wanted to expand and make oven mitts. So they hired my class to do their research. They had styrofoam, cotton from socks, cotton from a sweatshirt, and aluminum foil. My students had to design an experiment to see which one of the materials they were given worked best (or combination of the materials - they were designing the experiment so it was up to them) and then report back in a business letter. The letters are SO amazing!
Here are a few of my favorites...
Aren't they great? These students deserve a hand - of the applause kind!
Grading these was so much fun. Plus, the students really enjoy the opportunity to do work like real scientists would.
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