Fun Science Lab Coats

Halfway through the second week of school.

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Fantasy football team drafted.

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Spend lots of time sharing ideas on my blog.

No check.

 

I know that many of you are just as busy

and that makes me feel better!

 

Today I wanted to quickly share a science lab coat idea.

This year, my team and I are trying to add

more excitement to science.

One thing we are planning is monthly science experiments.

To get the kids excited about this,

we gave them a chance to make science lab coats.

 

Everyone brought in a used t-shirt.

It could be a white or light colored shirt.

If the shirt had a logo on the outside,

we just turned it inside-out.

 

I gave the kids some time to decorate their shirts.

My class used permanent markers.

They placed their writing journal in the middle of the shirt

so the markers wouldn't bleed through.

The other teachers just used regular markers

and they turned out fine.

When the decorating was complete,

I cut the front of the shirts right down the middle.

Then we had....

LAB COATS!

We've already done one experiment

and the kids were so excited to wear the coats.

I even had one kid bring in a pair of goggles.

 

Hope your week is going well!