Technology - One Page Printable

Today I subbed in Industrial Tech and the 7th graders learned about technology.  I made this little one page printable to summarize the lesson.

I love it when I learn something new too.  Part of the reason I enjoy teaching is because I am able to learn or review lots of interesting things.  It keeps my mind fresh and growing.

We learned about the relationship between Science, Engineering, and Technology, as well as learning about categories of technology careers, tech superstars, and what technology means (I made a thinking map, I couldn't help myself).

This little mnemonic device was quite enlightening.

"Sam Will Eat His Tuna Melt" can help you remember the following:

Science - Why something happens
Engineering - How to turn the science into something useful
Technology - Making something useful

Click HERE for the free PDF on Google Drive.

The Tale of Sulfy

My elementary school son wrote this story as a creative project about the element SULFUR. He added wiggly eyes to the pictures of the sulfur on the copy he printed out to bring to class. It was fun and interesting and I even learned some new things!  It is 13 pages long so click on "read more" if you want to see the whole thing.

Cub Scouts - "Around the World" Day Camp Ideas

My friend Carmen in Texas just attended Cub Scout Day Camp this past week (5 days) with her son. The theme was "Around the World."  For those people out there who may be planning their own day camp, I thought I'd share some of the ideas.  These crafts, activities, games and science fun could also be used for pack or den meetings (or even at home with families).

Crafts –
To go along with the "Around the World" theme, they tied the crafts to different countries. There was a big flag displayed by each station to represent that country.

Africa – Made homemade drums

Africa - Mancala Game (made with a wooden board on bottom, then added small wooden strips to make holes for the board game, used beads for game pieces instead of small rocks)

Bubble Blower – They cut a water bottle in half. They used the top half of the bottle, attached a thin cloth with a rubber band to cover the open bottom part of the bottle. Then they dipped the cloth end in dish soap and sprayed with water. They made bubbles by opening the top of the water bottle and blowing through it. (not sure what country that represents, but it sounds fun!  Maybe from the Land of Oz or someplace LOL)

Japan – Origami (Eagle Scout project coordinated by one Scout) – learned how to make a paper cup, poppers, windmill

Scotland – Whirligigs

Rainstick – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn4GQwed3d4&feature=related (they said that no one is quite sure of the country of origin of the rainstick, but lots of countries and civilizations have used them)