Lab Extensions

If your lab group finishes an experiment or engineering project early, here are some ways you can extend your learning and aim for a 4:

• Create a website to communicate your experimental results with others
• Pair with another team that is also finished and create a paragraph that explains the similarities and differences in your experimental process, data, and conclusions
• Create a 3D model using TinkerCAD that would help someone else complete your experiment more easily or that would help someone understand your results (for example, could you make a bracket to replace the use of a plastic cup in your experiment set-up?) Please be advised: Finn will not be able to spend much time helping you with this. Please be prepared to complete the tutorials or do some online research to help you use the software. If you finish this, you can print it on the 3D printer.
• Create a Scratch presentation or interactive experience that would help explain your results or show how your experiment worked. Please be advised: Finn will not be able to spend much time helping you with this. Please be prepared to complete the tutorials or do some online research to help you use the software.
• Use a computer to find a related experimental question (or come up with your own) that you could work on to extend your understanding of the topic we are working on. Here is a list to get you started.
• Volunteer to work with another group that is struggling with their experiment to guide them to the finish line. Please be aware that each group will benefit most from completing the experiment on their own and understanding the steps they are following. If you choose this option, be careful not to "do the work" for another group.
• Think of a group or person that could benefit from the results of your experiment. Prepare a cover letter to that group explaining your experiment and results and send your scientific discoveries to people who can use them!
• Find a scientist who made discoveries in the area of your lab experiment. Put together a presentation (research paper, poster, powerpoint, song, etc.) that highlights the discoveries of that scientist and their methods for making those discoveries. There are some science history books in the cabinet that would be a good starting place!