Fun in Science at Harding
Several of Harding's classes were fortunate to have UC Berkeley undergrad students working as Fun in Science aides this Spring. Third grade teacher Anne Marie Pine appreciates the help."Kids love having the college kids around," Ms. Pine says. And having more adults in the classroom makes it easier to attend to the different curriculum level needs of the students. Some of these classroom volunteers (they get college class credit) are aspiring teachers who want to work with school age children and some of them are exploring possible career paths.
March and April are the months when students work on Science Fair projects, which are often memorable and fun. Ms. Pine remembers a student telling her "Now I know what a hypothesis is. Wow, science is hard but that was really fun too."
Ms. Jamsheed's 4th grade classroom recently had an earth science lesson involving cherry bubble gum (the earth's inner core), vanilla ice cream (the outer core), chocolate ice cream (magma) and graham cracker crumbs (the earth's crust.)
Fun in Science indeed!
-Nancy Donovan
