Perot Museum: Squishy Circuits

When we want to stimulate the child’s senses we start them with the sensory tables. Each table consists of a tub that stimulates a different sense. When you stimulate the senses you help to stimulate the child cognitively, and emotionally as well. This can be achieved through science experiments such as the one we did over the holiday with a pumpkin and what does it smell like and feel like on the first day what about before it is carved vs after it is carved. We do this with all the kids from ages 3 to school age.

Fidget spinners are the biggest craze in everywhere, not just in schools. Teachers must have had more than enough of them with children they teach having them, their own children having them and even themselves being convinced into having one. They are now the one thing that teachers must hate more than students disrupting the class, Untucked shirts and those messy assignment sheets. Some students are only using fidget spinners as toys and are not listening to the teachers and not doing their because their attention is so greatly placed on the spinner spinning for up to 4 minutes. For other student’s the spinner are a great benefit because they are still listening to teachers and doing their work but the one thing that teachers still don’t like is the noise, which is an irritation buzzing sound.

Fidgets are a great way to keep children calm and collected, but in order for them to work, there needs to be expectations. For me as an adult, I can get a little antsy if I sit for a long period of time to what do I do? I just grab my phone out and mess around on it. In a school setting that cannot happen. Some different alternatives could be a stress ball, fidget cube, bag of marbles, or tangles, etc. Some expectations for the fidgets can be: keep it somewhere where it won’t be a distraction, use it nicely and properly, and if it gets in the way of work, then it gets taken away. If expectations get set, fidgets can be a great way to keep your student focused and not get over stimulated while getting their work done.

In our childcare center we have a variety of materials placed where children are able to access and reach easily. There are six different learning centers for children to explore. There is a carpet area for circle time, a quiet area with books, an area with blocks and puzzles, an area for painting, writing and coloring to develop fine motor skills, and dress-up and pretend home area i.e. kitchen sets with dishes and pretend food,

Ben Franklin was a very curious and inventive thinker. He kept thinking about different ways to experiment with electricity so he came up with an experiment with only a few materials (wire,mobile kite, handkerchief,and two sticks).(”Benjamin Franklin and Electricity”) Franklin

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Challenges and obstacles are everywhere, and everyday people find ways to overcome them all. They are what keep someone motivated to continue trying until they reached their goal. As in “The Circuit,” “from the Grapes of Wrath,” and “Against the Odds.”, they show an example of how they did it. Individuals surpass hardships by persevering to make progress piece by piece.

In this video it shows you how you can use the things that are something your children play with and are commonly bought things to create your own electricity. The lady in the video was using two types of playdough’s that she has made on her own. She made a salt dough, and also a dough including sugar rather than salt. When you put the two salt pieces’ together and a sugary piece in between, you can create electricity. The purpose of this video is to tell everyone about how you can conduct your own electricity and to explain how it can be used more simply than you think. It is not all about atoms and all of those substances. You can create electricity with what you have in your own house. She tested the playdough’s by putting an LED light in the salty pieces on the outside. If they touch the light will go out, but if you place a piece of sugary dough in between the two, you can leave the light on and it will stay on.

In the video "Hands-On Science with Squishy Circuits" talked about how play dough that you can make at home that it can conduct electricity.

What are some of the basic components that make up simple circuits and what do they do?

This activity is developmentally appropriate for this age group because it teaches the children many things such as weight and properties of matter. It also teaches the children the smell and texture of the sand. This activity allows them to use different things such as buckets their hands the sand and any other item they mite want to use. As a teacher I would be able to facilitate the children through out

In the video, "Hands-On Science with Squishy Circuits", Anne Marie Thomas does a TED talk about Play-Doh circuits. She explains how she teaches her daughter about electricity by making homemade Play-Doh. At 1:42, she demonstrates with an LED light, Play-Doh that contains salt, Play-Doh that contains sugar, and batteries. She splits the salty Play-Doh in two and connects them with the batteries. To conclude, she sticks the LED light in both of the "squishy circuits" and it turns on.

The novel “The Circuit” began in El Rancho Blanco, Mexico, then continues to California. They travel many places in California because they have come to the United States illegally. The characters are Papa, Mama, Roberto, Panchito, Trampita, Ruben, and Rorra. The basic situation is: the family has always wanted to move to California thinking that they will get a better life, but instead end up getting worse, and being taken by La migra. That is “The Circuit” exposition.

Chairperson, ladies and gentleman. The topic of today's debate is Why Fidget Spinners Should Be Banned From School’s. We, the affirmative team, define this to the moot thus, fidget spinners are a device made to spin in its ball bearing axis with an effort and it was made to relieve stress and help kids who are dealing with ADHD. they are made with brass, stainless steel, ceramic, titanium, copper, plastic and late xect. A school is an institution for educating children, and banned is when something is officially or legally prohibited. We will be proving to you today that this statement is correct. I will be speaking to you about Fidget Spinners on its own and its reason. My second speaker Nerissa, will look at How Fidget Spinners Can Hurt And

Schools just do not understand these popular new toys, called fidgets. Fidgets are “toys” that come in many different colors, patterns, and styles including; spinners, cubes, and 12 sided figures. Fidgets are best for kids who have trouble concentrating or have a diagnosed disability.(ADD, ADHD, OCD, autism, anxiety, depression, or a learning disability) All others should leave them at home that’s the kids who make fidgets a distraction. Fidgets are supposed to help your child in school, but experts say they are doing the opposite; I disagree.