| FMA Live! Provides Hands-On Science Middle Schoolers
For Plymouth-Canton eighth-graders, Thursday's science lesson included velcro suits, larger-than-life soccer balls, hoverchairs, hip-hop and sumo suits. "I wound up watching it three times today so I'm going to be going home singing all the time," he joked. For some students, the event created a fun opportunity to get onstage in front of friends. Central Middle School Principal Anthony Ruela said the program, which made its second stop at the district in four years, is outstanding and the songs will be hard to get out of his head. For the lessons, teachers donned sumo suits and bounced off one another, two students raced across the stage in drag cars, two students competed to see who could jump the highest into a velcro wall. Olsen said teachers love the exhibition because it's something they can recall in class to offer context to their own lessons. "We could have potential scientists and astronauts sitting in the audience today that hopefully we spark something inside of them where they'll follow careers of education in those fields," Olsen said. "It was fun because I like doing something in front of my peers," said Kiev Goodwin, who raced a red dragster across the stage during a segment of the show. |
Friday 30 March 2012
FMA Live! Provides Hands-On Science Middle Schoolers
