Science Fair Reflection - Edu 214 125019

Student Name: Natalie Alvarez Date: 09/29/2019 Artifact Description: Science Fair project created using Microsoft PowerPoint. What I learned: I have been using PowerPoint since I was in the third grade, so I have been pretty familiar with making them for almost all my life. I learned that this is an awesome way to create a science project! It takes the work out of having to make a physical copy and is also cost efficient. All students need to do this project is access to a computer and of course, the materials needed to complete their project. This would be great too for students who feel like they lack creativity. Being able to use online tools and images can spruce up a presentation. I personally am not much of an artist so having the computer help me with the creative aspect of a project is life-saving. National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS) Addressed: Knowledge Constructor: 3a: Students plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits. Application of Skills Learned for the Future: The experiment I tried was one that I have always heard about, but never actually tried out. I decided to do a project on testing out the effectiveness of toothpaste and peanut butter on scratched DVDs. This is a common online recommendation for people who are trying to fix their unplayable DVDs. Unfortunately, neither of the two products helped my DVDs very much, considering how damaged they are. Either way, this project could be used with my students considering I want to be a science teacher! This small science project is a great way to teach students about the scientific method, and how essential it is when it comes to learning about the world around you. The scientific method is always taught in science classes and is generally applied through the in-class experiments. Taking this information home and making students do this on an individual basis will help them actually apply this knowledge and properly synthesize it. Truthfully, I some of the labs we had to do in high school, but a lot of the skills I was supposed to learn went a bit over my head due to other people doing parts of the project with me. Peer-reviewed experiments are the basis of theories and laws but figuring out how to complete a scientific problem by oneself is a great way to grasp what the scientific method is really about.