Today was a very big day for me in my work experience program. In the morning, Mr. Rothrock was back, so I sat and talked with him about the work I did yesterday. Later in the morning, he gave me another assignment of creating a page sized advertisement for a magazine that goes out to every public elementary school kid in Wake County. After that, I set up for the session I was leading individually in the afternoon.
The activity I chose to lead was a modification of a lab I did during my junior year in advanced Environmental Science class. I created an Oil Spill by pouring a thin film of oil on some water in a tin container. I then instructed the campers to create a contraption to clean up the oil spill. Considering most of the kids are elementary school aged, it went surprisingly well. There were some very creative ideas and structures for the contraptions, which was awesome. The kids responded well to my activity and were very engaged.
