From: THall1234@aol.com
Subject: Planetary Exploration Toolkit Activity
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 22:03:16 -0500
I started the activity this week with my group of 6th graders. The students broke out into groups to "brainstorm" ideas and then took turns putting forth their results. I was amazed at their creativity! I imagined that they would need some prompting, but I was surprised at their ingenuity (aren't we always). In some cases, they knew WHAT they wanted to measure, determine, analyze, etc., but did not know what INSTRUMENT could be used - that's o.k. We'll be figuring that out together. We got a list going of good solid ideas, plus some off-the-wall ones (but very interesting) which will probably not last through our "in-house" debating session. Our next step is see which items will make the final cut and start accumulating them. In any event, we're having alot of fun. Theresa Hall Paradise Canyon Elementary School La Canada, CA