This week, I worked on creating a lightning talk presentation to prepare for the Celebrating Undergraduate Excellence (CUE) Research Showcase, added finishing touches to all of the lesson plans to make them ready for public use, and then continued working on the Physics Behind Flight lesson plan.
WORKING ON A LIGHTNING TALK PRESENTATION
This week, I prepared a lightning talk for CUE. I began working on a PowerPoint presentation, and I also prepared a script. I am looking to practice presenting what I have so far to my mentor next week. CUE will be my first time presenting at a research showcase, so I plan to spend a lot of time over the next two weeks practicing my presentation.
EDITING THE PREVIOUS LESSON PLANS
As a part of my work this week, I also wanted to go back through all of the lesson plans to make sure that they will be ready for public use.
CONTINUING TO WORK ON THE PHYSICS BEHIND FLIGHT LESSON PLAN
Finally, I also continued to work on the Physics Behind Flight lesson plan. My mentor suggested adding a couple more things, as well as finding a good image diagram that shows lift and Bernoulli’s principle to replace one that I originally added to the student handout. I spent a lot of time looking at for diagrams online, and I ended up finding one. However, I was not sure if it demonstrated the concept much better. I would like to show the photo to my mentor this week to see if it is better than the one I originally found. Otherwise, I will try to create my own diagram to add to the lesson plan.
I also tried looking for some standards to list for this lesson plan, but I had some trouble finding standards relating to physics for students in grades 6-8. During my next meeting with my mentor, I would like to ask about what kinds of standards could be related to what is taught in this lesson plan.
GOALS FOR NEXT WEEK
My goal for next week is to finish the Physics Behind Flight student packet, work on the teacher guide for the Physics Behind Flight lesson plan, and then translate the student packet into Spanish. In addition to this, I will also be meeting with Professor Sharon Sánchez-Aragón this week to talk to her about the lesson plans, which I look forward to. I will also continue working on preparing my slideshow and speech for CUE.
