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Preparation time: 120 min
Teaching time: 180 min

Presentation of the learning (recording or in real life)

Students will present their research and connect it to the theory they have learned. They will elaborate on their process and the outcomes, sharing these with the guest teacher and their parents. The presentation will be accompanied by eating pancakes made from the eggs which survived.

Format

  • Event or festival
  • Group work
  • Hands on activity
  • Presentation

Age

  • 9-12

What

The possible connections with your curriculum

  • Earth & Space Sciences
  • Engineering & Technology

Who

The people who take up the teacher role

  • Expert
  • Other school personnel
  • Teacher

Where

The locations where learning takes place

  • Classroom
  • Other spaces in school
  • Outdoor spaces

With

The community stakeholders to collaborate with

  • Families
  • Other schools

Ready for action?

Resources

Downloadable Resources

Tangible Resources

All sketches and designs from previous activities, presentation materials, materials to recreate activities with the audience, computers, projector screen, cooking equipment and ingredients for pancakes (100g flour & 300ml milk per egg).

Human Resources

invite audience – parents, school community, experts from secondary school.

Preparation

Print pictures from the experiments, collect all the outcomes of previous activities, prepare a place to fry the pancakes, set up space to host the event including recreating activities and giving a presentation.

Goals, messages & concepts

Specific goals

  • To amalgamate research in order to reach a conclusion.
  • To connect experience with the theory.
  • To share the experience and knowledge gained.

Specific messages

  • Carrying out experiments is a powerful way of learning.
  • Both a successful experiment and a failed one provides interesting insights.
  • It’s important to connect to knowledge and theory.

Main terms

  • theory
  • experience
  • conclusion
  • target audience

Practices & skills

STEM practices

  • Constructing explanations and designing solutions
  • Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

Soft skills

  • Teamwork and collaboration

Management skills

  • Planning
  • Use of resources

Course of activity

step 1

Recap the knowledge gained from the past activities. Then make a list of things to prepare for the exhibition, dividing tasks and roles.

step 2

Create the presentation using pictures, sketches, designs, etc. ensuring that the theory from Learning Unit 3 is clearly connected to the practical activities, using it to explain the results of the experiments.

step 3

Prepare a space to demonstrate the cars and rockets (optional: make it a contest!)

step 4

Prepare a safe space to fry and hand out pancakes.

step 5

Prepare a miniature makerspace where the students can pass on their learned experiences to others and to recreate the activities.

step 6

Students should decide who will host the event, who will present the designs, who will guide the makerspace and who will run the demonstrations of the cars/rockets.

step 7

Open the doors for the audience and start the event. Have fun!

step 8

If the presentation cannot be delivered face to face, students will make a documentary to share instead.