THE LİFE SCHOOL OF MİNE

  Dilara YORULMAZ-İMKB Sincan Kayalıboğaz Primary School Ankara-TURKEY 'Ben de Merak Ediyorum' etkinliğimiz kapsamında neleri merak ettiğimiz ile ilgili beyin fırtınası yaptık.Daha sonra en çok merak ettiğimiz şeyi seçmek için anket yaptık.Anket sonucumuzu dikkate alarak Çikolata Fabrikasına sanal gezi yaptık.Etkinliğimizin son aşamasında gözlemlerimizi LapBook yaparak sergiledik.As part of our 'I'm Wondering Too' event, we brainstormed what we were wondering about. We then did a survey to choose what we were most curious about. Considering our survey result, we made a virtual trip to the Chocolate Factory. In the last stage of our activity, we exhibited our observations by making a LapBook.

I am wondering what makes my apple turn brown? The science experiment was observed over an entire week. First, the students noticed the apple in their lunch boxes: if cut, it turns brown. Why? What makes it change color? Based on a survey, I recorded the children's opinions or hypotheses. Is there a way to stop the darkening? What can we do to the apple besides not cutting it at all? Following all these curiosities, we created an experiment. We placed apple pieces in containers with water, oil, lemon juice, and plain air. The piece exposed to air darkened the fastest. Then we cut pieces of apples and added sugar, salt, baking soda, and others and did not cover the containers. The pieces exposed to lemon juice, salt and sugar showed the least signs of oxidation. This prompted a talk about how people used to preserve food in the past and how sugar and salt are still used today for preserving fruit and vegetables. The students noticed that the worst change of color and rot happened to...

As part of our education for life project, my students and I observed the International Week of Science and Peace. We talked about the importance of keeping our waters, our forests, our streets, and our air clean. Protecting our planet and keeping it clean is one of the most important values we need to have, as world citizens.