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Well, they were hurdles for us when we taught a classroom of fourth graders how to make Foldscopes. Kids give up on things quite easily and don't necessarily th
by tedsanders 13y ago
Well, they were hurdles for us when we taught a classroom of fourth graders how to make Foldscopes. Kids give up on things quite easily and don't necessarily think a free personal microscope is cool.
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- ronaldx 13y agoOK, I understand now. In case you read this later, I wanted to respectfully suggest that fourth grade was the wrong classroom for you to be in: * fourth graders are still developing their fine motor skills and not all will be physically capable of construction-type work. * fourth graders don't really have enough science background to understand why they should be interested in microscopes (let's say, they would learn more playing with a 2-10x magnifying glass) * as you identify, fourth graders have short attention spans which are still developing. If you're teaching, you have a responsibility to manage this. If you were going to demo to a seventh grade class, I would warn you of the same issues, honestly. On the other hand, I would be very excited to have you in any classroom eighth grade and above.