When I moved my lab into my room, I realized I needed a more proper experiment area and storage. So, after half a year of dreaming and designing, grant writing, and building, my classroom's MythBusters themed Science Lab station is finished. My wonderful husband took my ideas, combined them with his brainstorming, and created the station, while I designed and researched shelving for storage. It is absolutely beautiful!
These are the basic shots of the lab. If you'd like to view our photos of the building process, click to our FaceBook album here.
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| Before: in August, I changed my classroom library to my current science station. I wanted to get my science equipment out of my closet and in front of my students. I found out quickly that it was difficult to keep organized...and little fingers off of certain things! |
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| The new storage area: The tall cases are the Billy series from IKEA with a glass door, keeping small fingers off of important or fragile equipment. The cubbies are HUGE and hold a tremendous amount of items (one of these holds ALL the plastic graduated cylinders I had on the original shelves) |
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| We moved the unit from our garage to the classroom on a Monday, but the next MythBusters wasn't until Thursday. So, to create suspense and anticipation, we kept it a surprise... |
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| The finished lab, sans chalk |
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| Chalked up, just like on the show, with magnet results signs. |
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| My wonderful husband and me! |
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| During the MythBusters club. Our experiment was to determine which bubble solution would produce the largest bubble. Hint: glycerin is amazing! |
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| Excited? ABSOLUTELY!! |
A great teacher..!
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