A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others. -Author Unknown
For the past week our science class has been helping teach a group of 5th graders at the elementary school on campus. We have been observing and assisting them with various experiments and lessons their teacher assigns. I have noticed lately how independent they really are. The last experiment we did involved constructing a boat out of either clay or tin foil. After the boat was constructed, they put as many pennies in the boat until it sunk. My student was very self-sufficient throughout the experiment and really did not have any questions. I tried to get involved by asking him to predict how many pennies his boat could hold and I also helped him record the dimensions of his boat but he wanted to do everything himself. I guess at 5th grade they are beginning to become independent.
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