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Colorado Prospector - Gem and mineral prospecting and mining forums _ CP's Past Events _ 8th Grade Science Lab

Posted by: ColoradoProspector Feb 13 2007, 05:22 PM

Hello Everyone!

We would like to thank the Saluda Trail Middle School's 8th grade science students and their teacher Mr. Davis from Rock Hill SC.
Today the CP website (webcam & chat room) were used as part of their in classroom ciriculum for earth sciences. Education! YAAAAHOOOO!
Mrs CP and myself demonstrated some basic lapidary techniques on the webcam while the classroom had 6 stations set up for live chat interactivity.
The results were absolutely amazing!
Everyone had a great time and the results of todays lessons (the finished cabs) are to be wire wrapped in silver and sent to winners in each class!

Two thumbs up too all the students and their very cool teacher Mr. Davis!
We hope to have future science labs with you all again! What a great day! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

Here is a pic of todays cabs..........Wow! very nice work Mrs.Cp!

Posted by: ColoradoProspector Feb 13 2007, 06:26 PM

For the students of today's online lab classes.
Here are the links posted in class today for your study......Have a great week!

Stay Safe!
CP

For Nasa's website and information on alot more than just moon phases.....
http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html

Very good geology information at this website
http://geology.com/
and they also have great a grand canyon page linking to a national park service article
http://geology.com/news/2007/01/age-of-grand-canyon-by-nps.html

this link is a great basic "how to make cabochons" page.
http://www.inlandlapidary.com/user_area/howtocab.asp

Posted by: colorado Feb 13 2007, 07:26 PM

1st post and it is my class that Mrs.CP and CP worked with. The class had a big 10 - 4 time and who knows what adventures have been sparked by doing this. GREAT JOB.
And Much Much Thanks to all who helped:GAT. GENO, 84, Fanatic, Jpolk, and TWA from down under.

I will try and add a few photos to show set up

Posted by: colorado Feb 13 2007, 07:30 PM

sorry CP you will have to merge

1st photo is my promethian board showing the web cam so class could see and I could add other captions over top.

other photos show student engagement and the last is my husky self

Posted by: colorado Feb 13 2007, 07:33 PM

sorry again..hehe..CP learning here

Posted by: colorado Feb 13 2007, 07:38 PM

one more

Posted by: colorado Feb 13 2007, 07:39 PM

and last

Posted by: colorado Feb 13 2007, 07:41 PM

had to find the ladies

Posted by: russau Feb 14 2007, 07:13 AM

very cool indeed!

Posted by: jmann Feb 14 2007, 07:10 PM

Future diggers fo sho. Joe

Posted by: Mrs.CP Feb 15 2007, 07:31 AM

Thanks Mr. Davis and all the kids.
It was a day I will never forget.
Im going to work the back sides of the cabochons for the kids today before having them wrapped, that way they look nice from both sides.

Im looking forward to the next time.

Posted by: cornwall84 Feb 15 2007, 07:54 AM

Well i wasnt there for long but i really enjoyed it, Boy those students are sharp, its a long time since i had to think and answer so quickly, im sure i lost weight off my fingers they were going so fast. grin

Posted by: Mrs.CP Feb 15 2007, 01:31 PM

hehehe....I have still been so amazed by the other day, I forgot to thank you for the pictures Tim.

They made me more happy then you will ever know.

Denise

Posted by: fanatic Feb 16 2007, 06:31 AM

I wish I could have hung in there longer, but being at work with a finicky firewall prevented it.

Dan & Denise - this is awesome! Hopefully when my grand kids are a bit older their school has the foresite to make these kinds of activities available to them. But if it doesn't I'll take advantage of you anyway!

Nice to meet everyone!

Posted by: Mrs.CP Feb 27 2007, 09:16 AM

fanatic.......... We would love that! You are always welcome to join in chat
and view the webcam when we are working stones. With it being winter and hard to get out to dig, working stones has been a fun way to pass time.
Check the webcam often.

Posted by: Mrs.CP Mar 9 2007, 01:40 PM

We spent the morning with 2 new classes who were very interested in what was going on with the webcam, and had plenty of questions for CP in the chat.
It was a blast!

Here is a picture of some of the finished cabochons we made today on cam.
The big one to the right even looks a little like the Grand Canyon.

Thanks to Mr.Moton and Miss.Epps for allowing their student to participate, and Mr.Davis for helping them set it up. Take care and have a great weekend.

Posted by: Mrs.CP Mar 13 2007, 12:59 PM

Here are the first finished pieces sent to the students in South Carolina.

Posted by: colorado Mar 13 2007, 08:29 PM

Excellent!!!!! My students will have something for a lifetime!!!

I hope this takes off for the CPs.

Thanks again
Colorado
AKA Tim Davis 8th Grade Science Teacher!!!!!

Posted by: ColoradoProspector Mar 23 2007, 11:47 AM

You are very welcome Tim and thank you all. We had a great time working with the classes in the science labs.

This has been and will continue to be a very unique teaching resource. We are looking forward to working with many more class groups in the future.

Quinten Good is also enthused about the educational possibilites opening up here and saw fit to re-donate the two specimen lots left from the previous years specimen auction in September to this resource.

We will be sending one piece to each of the 3 class teachers for their in class teaching purposes. Future classes we work with will also get one of these fine specimens as well. When these are gone, we have already been told there will be more as needed.
Thank you Quinten, (owner Dreamtime Mine), for the donations.

Special thanks to Mr.Davis for helping out on the eastern end to get computers set up and so on. YOU DA' MAN!

CP

Posted by: ColoradoProspector Apr 28 2007, 01:43 PM

We have picked out 3 special pieces from the above pics for all 3 classes to add to or start their in class collections.
Ship out will be this next week so keep you eyes open Mr.Davis.....then you can disburse them.
Thanks again to all of you!

CP's

Posted by: colorado Apr 29 2007, 04:46 PM

FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!

Thanks to all. I have students still checking the site out.
Future Rock Hounds!!!!!!!
And Gold Prospectors.....MADD

Colorado

Posted by: ColoradoProspector May 20 2007, 10:28 AM

You are all very welcome. THANK YOU!

Glad the specimens for the classes arrived as well. Hopefully many classes in the future learn from and enjoy them as future prospectors.

CP

Posted by: ColoradoProspector Mar 16 2008, 06:33 PM

We are glad to be working with the STMS 8th grade classes again this year for interactive online lab classes.
This year again Mr. Davis has coordinated things for the schools end and they have even more computers to use this year per group.

The cabochon necklaces this year are made from our personal dino bone stash and are a very gemmy grade and color. All cabochons cut, cabbed and wrapped in sterling silver by us here at the CP lapidary shop.
3 classes will each get one and the 4th is for Mr. Davis......Thank you Mr. Davis.

Dinosaur bone being a fossil, these pieces will hopefully fit in the classes current studies well, and possibly light a spark or two in some young minds about our planet and it's geology that lasts.

Posted by: jim Mar 17 2008, 07:19 AM

Hey........can I get into that class? Why should the kiddies have all the fun? The three R's is all I had when I was a kid. It just ain't fair. Now theres four R's.........reading,writing,rithmatic, and rocks.

Posted by: colorado Mar 17 2008, 11:43 AM

LOOKS ROCK"IN GREAT!

Thanks so much!!!!!

Posted by: ColoradoProspector Mar 22 2008, 10:16 AM

Jim funny.

Thanks Tim and we also sent 6 specimens for the school/class collection and one of our new kits with dino bone, amazonite and smokey quartz samples for all the youngsters.
We are looking forward to the lab classes again.

Hopefully the packages arrive in time for them to be used in the labs too.

CP

Posted by: Mrs.CP Mar 28 2008, 02:45 PM

This years groups were awesome to work with!
They ask fantastic question, and seem to show more interest for rocks
by the time they leave. It was great working with them online.

Were looking forward to the next time.