Comments on: Books of classroom demonstrations (A Demo a Day)

By: Macc989

Macc989 — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:03:25 +0000

Funny a friend of mine was just talking about how good this book is. I found a link where they are for sale here:

http://www.arborsci.com/SearchResult.aspx?KeyWords=a%20demo%20a%20day

I still love the burning jelly baby demo! Always my fave (although cleaning the beaker afterward – UGH!)

By: sciencegeekgirl

sciencegeekgirl — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:34:14 +0000

Although stay tuned for an upcoming post about how demos can NOT be useful (and how to make them more so).

By: sibylle

sibylle — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:54:04 +0000

This is great! I’ve taught college biology and a nice demonstration can be very useful.

By: Jessica Fries-Gaither

Jessica Fries-Gaither — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:32:16 +0000

I used that potato demonstration with an eighth-grade science class on the first day of school. They thought I was the craziest person EVER. It led to a great discussion on observations and inferences.

However, I was pretty sick of potatoes by the time my fifth class of the day rolled around…