Using Middle School Science Experiments To Teach Kids How To Think

As a general rule, the SEPUP designed science modules that we sell here at LAB-AIDS are designed to do more than just teach students the basics of how a part of science works. We believe that students need to incorporate all aspects of their daily responsibilities as future citizens into their education process so that these actions become ingrained in their very way of thinking. When it comes to middle school science experiments, our Fruitvale module fulfills all of these roles.

A science education sticks with students best when they can incorporate real world scenarios into their learning process. When this is done, students begin seeing how important their involvement is in their own world. Here at LAB-AIDS, we believe this understanding should be introduced early on in a child's education. As with most of our science modules, this understanding is built in to the experiment that we call "Groundwater Contamination: Trouble In Fruitvale."

This module is designed to handle up to 160 students, and will require at least 14 sessions of class that are 50 minutes long each. Through this module, students will be given an understanding of how water travels through different parts of the water cycle, and how it becomes contaminated. Once contaminated, students will learn to determine the size and scope of contamination field, thus learning how far a simple contamination matter can spread. From there, your students will engage in the scientific process to draw conclusions and learn how to make good decisions for themselves based from evidence. The exercise ends with a simulated town meeting to discuss the implications of this contamination, and what measures must be taken to protect the town.

Though this is one of our middle school science experiments, your students will be learning skills that they will use into adulthood. Decision making based on gathered evidence shows students the need for a strong science education, while the experiments to gather said data provide the hands-on experience that provides students with the chance to see what contaminated ground water can do to an area. This very real situation will keep your students learning from beginning to end, and encourages their involvement not only in the classroom setting but in the public setting of town meetings later in life.

This science module is designed with great care through SEPUP, and introduces your students to the ability to evaluate a situation. Your class will learn about the implications of the trade-offs that are involved in complex social situations, and how not everything can be solved while making all involved happy. Because of the care involved in the design of the entire science module, not only will your students learn scientific principles and see them used in a practical situation, they will also discover how these situations must be handled in life beyond the classroom. They will be indoctrinated into their roles as citizens, and learn how a science education can be used to save others at the same time.