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Category: Aim Academy Online
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Aim Science: Candy Experiments
Do you have a lot of candy laying around the house this time of year? Watch the video below and try out some of these candy science experiments from Aim Academy science teacher Dr. Karen Joseph.
Dr. Joseph created a handout so you can easily replicate the experiments at home. You can grab it here:
Download the AimScience-M&M-Experiments-Handout
Dr. Karen Joseph teaches The Wonders of Water, Sensational Senses, and Zoology for Aim Academy. She loves sharing her knowledge and love of science with students of all ages.
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Aim Science: More Fun with Candy Experiments
Watch as Dr. Karen Joseph performs four more candy science experiments. Each of these packs a real WOW factor. Then grab the handout below so you can try it at home.
More Fun With Candy Experiments Handout
Dr. Karen Joseph teaches The Wonders of Water, Sensational Senses, and Zoology for Aim Academy. She loves sharing her knowledge and love of science with students of all ages.
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Aim Science: Fun with Balloons Handout
Grab the companion handout to Monday’s Aim Science session here:
AimScience-FunWithBalloons-Handout
Dr. Karen Joseph teaches The Wonders of Water, Sensational Senses, and Zoology for Aim Academy. She loves sharing her knowledge and love of science with students of all ages.
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STEM Activity: Blow Up a Balloon with Baking Soda and Vinegar
This past Monday Dr. Karen Joseph blew up a balloon with baking soda and vinegar on our Facebook page. You can watch the experiment below.
Then print out this companion math lesson from Kathryn Gomes. The printable builds graphing and analysis skills.Baking Soda and Vinegar Balloon Experiment
Dr. Karen Joseph teaches The Wonders of Water, Sensational Senses, and Zoology (coming winter 2019!) for Aim Academy. Kathryn Gomes teaches a 7-week long SAT Math Prep class with a self-paced version of the class beginning in January. They both love the connections between science and math.
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Aim Science: Vinegar Experiments
Every Monday Dr. Karen Joseph uses Facebook Live to conduct science experiments on the Debra Bell Facebook page. Recently she demonstrated three different experiments that all use vinegar. Although the setup and supplies list is simple, each of these experiment packs a big WOW factor.
Dr. Karen Joseph teaches The Wonders of Water and Sensational Senses for Aim Academy. Second semester, she will teach zoology for 4th – 8th graders. She believes that science should be fun. She works to create classes that have a strong hands-on component, and that will ignite in her students a passion to know more about the wonderful world they live in.
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GRIT: What Is It? Why Does It Matter?
GRIT is persevere in the face of failure; getting back up when we fall; starting over when we fail. It is a way of redefining success not simply by your talent or your intelligence, but by changing the way you think about failure and perseverance. Although not a skill that all of us are born with, grit can be learned.
“A combination of passion and perseverance,” this is how Angela Duckworth, Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania defines the concept of grit. Her book is the defining text on this topic.
Bonnie Gonzalez offers some additional insight on this topic in the brief video below. She is offering a 7-week course focused on developing GRIT in students beginning in July.