J+M+J
Today I started my first job as a teacher. I am in charge of non-syllabus science projects for Maria and John Paul. My little pupils minded me quite well in our first session, though Maria made it clear when I told John something that she already knew that, and was bored (I am not even sure she did; Mom dosen’t think she did). She got caught up in our class as we went along.
First I had Maria and John take a composition book and I wrote that it was their science journal on the front. THen we began the ‘spearament’, as Johnny would say. We unbent paper clips and rubbed them on a strong magnet until they were magnetized, then I explained to them that the atoms inside the paperclip, which had been unorganized in random fashion before stroking, were now lined up in neat rows. (I used a whiteboard to draw a model). We then poked the magnet into a cork and floated it on water, and when it pointed north I told my pupils about the poles in the magnet. Then we wrote a paragraph about the experiment and both little artists drew a picture of the atoms in the paper clip before and after it was magnetized. They then glued them in their journals. John narrated the whole thing fairly well to dad, who called from work to listen to John tell about it.
John and Maria are looking forward to having class next week. I am planning on making lemon juice and baking sodamoving rockets and cars. I am keeping this a surprise.
A+M+D+G