This week, I met with Professor Sharon Sánchez-Áragon and finished working on the Physics Behind Flight lesson plan.
MEETING WITH PROFESSOR SHARON SÁNCHEZ-ÁRAGON
This week, I had the opportunity to meet with Professor Sharon Sánchez-Áragon, an instructor in the College of Education at Oregon State. She has background and experience in bilingual teaching for English and Spanish, and I reached out to her to see if we could meet in person to go over the lesson plans.
During our meeting, she gave me some feedback on some small changes to make to the lesson plans, and she also offered to help edit the student handouts that I wrote in Spanish. She also informed me about how I could also reach out to her if I would like to connect with someone in the College of Education to use these lesson plans to teach younger students in some of the programs they have there in the future. I was really grateful for her feedback and help on the lesson plans and to hear about the work that she does.
FINISHING THE PHYSICS BEHIND FLIGHT LESSON PLAN
This week, I also finished working on the Physics Behind Flight lesson plan. I translated the student handout into Spanish, and I finished adding extra notes and instructions for teachers. I also worked on making a worksheet for a supplemental activity where students can make and decorate paper airplanes and then experiment with changing the flight surfaces (such as the wings) to see how it changes the way the airplane flies. This lesson plan was used by my mentor Victor Villegas to teach a lesson at a local elementary school on May 13, 2022.
GOALS FOR NEXT WEEK
With the Physics Behind Flight lesson plan being used to teach a lesson at an elementary school last week, I look forward to hearing from my mentor about how it went. After this, I would like to make any changes to the lesson plan based on what can be improved. A drone workshop using all of the lesson plans is tentatively planned on May 29, 2022 at the Oregon State University Lincoln County Office of Extension, so I would like to make sure that the lesson plans are all ready to be used. I look forward to helping out with the workshop.
This coming week, I will be presenting my research poster at the Celebrating Undergraduate Excellence (CUE) research showcase on May 19, 2022. I am excited to share what I have been doing as a part of this URSA research project, and I hope to spend some time preparing for the showcase this week.
