When Ms. Moreno told us that we had to think of an experiment that kids would love, I pitched the idea of making slime to my group. When in the process of making the poster, my group was stressing over how the poster needed to look in order to attract attention. Esly was able to finish the poster the day of when we needed to go to LME. When we got there I saw some groups setting up their experiment and I still had to conduct the experiment. The reason why was when I was trying to do it school, the experiment was not coming out as we hoped. Therefore, when I got there I quickly began to do the experiment, just as I was expecting the experiment worked! Esly, Mel and I started to set up our station and when we were done I could feel myself begin to worry. I was worried that the experiment was not going to work or that the kids would think that it was boring. When the kids saturated to arrive, the experiment was working and by the end of the day, I felt a huge relief that the experiment worked.
When the doors were opened the kids went directly for the food. Then they eased their way to the different stations around the room. When the kids came to our station, they were shy at first, but when we began to guide them through the experiment, they began to get comfortable. My group was also a bit shy at the beginning because we did not know what tho expect. When we helped a couple of kids with he experiment we also got comfortable making the experiment flow with ease. When we began to get the handpg of the experiment, we had two people helping kids, and one was doing refills of the solutions. That was a very important part of the experiment to succeed because we needed a constant flow of supplies and communication within the group. In conclusion, the more kids we helped and the later the day got, the more comfortable the kids and my group was.
When we were in the process of helping the kids, I was able to see that there was a deeper meaning to this experiment and what in mean to the kids. After every bag of slime we were able to help the kids make, they left with big smiles on their faces. During the experiment, the kids were very focused, following every step I told them to do. Sure they got to make slime with my group and enjoyed it, they were able to see that there are many things that in the world that are yet to be discovered. This small experiment can be the reason why one of them can be the next Einstein. The memories that they have made in this experiment may help trigger something that may help them in the father when they are in need of assistance. Therefore, small experiments like these may be something important that may help the newer generations become successful.
Through this experiment and helping younger kids, it made me realize that there are many kids who are eager to learn what they like. They saw my group as teachers because they wanted to absorb as much as they could. What I realized is that everyone should be like this. Kids are curious and that tends to fade when they get older. What is important is that should not happen because it limits to what a person can learn and do. If everyone keeps being curious, then that can lead to people making better things like invention. Therefore, this would help me when I am in school and need to things of ways that something has happen, or learn something new.
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