Although this is not ‘Web 2.0’ crelated, I thought you might enjoy the video! Post by Veerendra Chandrappa.
Let’s animate
Age: 14 – 18 Goal: Pupils create gif-animations to visualize chemical processes. What you need: Enough computers Image editing tool (e.g. GIMP) Proceedings: 1. Introduction: Present a chemical phenomenon and give some basic information. GIMP-Tutorial (gif-animation) 2. Pupils’ task: Find out what’s behind that phenomenon. Break it down into its basic components. Visualize the process Full Article…
Rainbow Milk
Magic but real experiments! A Romanian project for Physics The activity for pupils age 12-18 Red, blue and yellow are called the primary colors. Just by mixing these colors, you can get all the colors of the rainbow: RED + YELLOW = ORANGE; RED + BLUE = PURPLE; BLUE + YELLOW = GREEN What you Full Article…
Share some science stories
From the combustion of carbon to the synthesis of a vitamin, every chemical reaction has a story. Using web 2.0 tools in the classroom, pupils can research, create and share the digital story of chemistry. Ask your students to; Create a Social Networking profile for a scientist explaining their discoveries. Find a list of scientists Full Article…
What is it?
Describe a material in 140 characters on a microblogging site such as Twitter and see if others can guess what the material is without mentioning the word or Chemical symbol. Could do it in groups and see who get the most right. With younger primary children this could mean giving them some materials such as Full Article…