Ronnie Said:

Physics teachers-Please help!?

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The plan sounds fine and it is well designed ...

Consider the following and incorporate it into your model ...

What is the average developmental level of the 1st graders
Are the students more able to verbally describe their findings rather than write them
What is the number of students, the optimal number for this type of action would be 1:4 so if you are dealing with more than 4 you will need some more adults
How are you going to demonstrate rise? Air currents is a great way but you will more than likely need an assist as a portable fan on low.
Do not forget learning at this age is play and to play is to learn ... let the kids be kids but also let them be scientists. This can be accomplished by setting you basic parameters at the beginning and reinforcing them as you go through the lesson. [You should have no more than 3 things to consider at this age and they should be gone over until they are common knowledge for the students.]

There is more to be considered but this will give you a start ...

Sounds interesting ... Good Luck

Joyce Said:

Can you help me with a mock lesson plan? I'm trying to become a tutor, and don't know where to start!?

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Sounds like the same thing I went through when I interviewed for a transition-to-teaching program. I don't recall having to turn anything in on paper - just present a 5 minute snippet of a lesson. Understand that most lessons take way longer than 5 minutes. A fun one that I remember was teaching fractions using full size hershey bars. She instructed us to break off certain pieces to demonstrate different fractions. It was memorable because we got to eat the candy and it broke the monotony. Try to incorporate a hands-on activity or manipulative of some kind. I personally demonstrated how to write a letter, and wished I had done something more interesting, but I still got accepted into the program. :-)

Erik Said:

Can you help me with a mock lesson plan?

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it always helps to have visuals, & other aids in any teaching plan.
hence i've come up with one of my favorites, which can be customized to suit any grade you are tutoring :

parts of a flower.
hope you are good at sketching. either practice ahead or take a chart ALONG with a few REAL flowers [distribute the real flowers among the kids]. students really enjoy seeing a teacher draw freehand, & the real flowers also keep them interested & aids learning.
don't sketch the entire flower at one go. do it part-wise, sequentially. eg. start with the petals since they are the most visible, identifiable & unique aspects of a flower. [use colored chalks or markers].
say a few lines about the petals [or elicit answers if possible].
then add another part - calyx .....and so on.

hope this inspires you
all the very best & have fun
if you want some more clarifications/details, let me know more specifics - will be glad to help.

Terry Said:

Physics lesson plan on pressure?

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You didn't say what grade.

A tire and a pump and a pressure gauge can help you explain pressure a bit or a balloon.

Explain how a straw works. Explain how the worlds longest straw with perfect suction could only suck water about 3 stories high.

Show how air flows from high pressure to low. Explain how that effects weather patterns.

But a barometer in your classroom over a period of weeks and track the barometric pressure. See what happens to the weather as the pressure changes.

If you want to explain Bernoulli's principle (the reason a shower curtain sucks in when you turn on shower), a good trick is to use a card and a candle. If you blow on one side of the card, the pressure decreases and the candle flame leans toward the side you blow on.

Lots of possibilities.

Grace Said:

Physics principles involved in Minute to Win it?

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I'm not a teacher, I don't have any resources, but I'm sure you could find a game and make a lesson about it, and have the kids try it. I don't know what class you want teach, but here are some ideas:

Gravity: stick the landing (probably the best one-- you can do a whole thing about the center of gravity) cantagious, nose dive, caddy stack, bulb balance, or really any stacking game

Trajectory-type things: scary cherry, flip your lid, reindeer nose dive, tea party

Chemical Reaction: Volcano

Human body: Face the cookie (a classic, great for groups), shoe fly shoe, junk/jingle in the trunk

I know this isn't very specific, but I hope you will get an idea from this! If I think of any more, I'll add them.