Other teaching ideas...
http://www.scienceofrelationships.
com/teaching
- Using games and animations on sponge lab.
- Discussion about wind power.
- Students project about different source of energy and impact on the environment.
- Jigsaw activity
- Reading in class
- Labs
- mini Investigations
Another teaching idea:Spring and Conservation of Energy
Hook:
show animation of spring : http://www.fi.edu/guide/hughes/energyconservation.html
or http://www.science-animations.com/support-files/energy.swf
or http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/physics/phys02/spring/default.htm
Action:
we can do jig saw activity with questions
Debrief:
Ask students one of the solved questions in the class and write down the solution with written explanation beside each step.