RAFT Hands-On Education

Ocala Cluster teachers having fun with the RAFT Activity Kits Resource Area For Teaching recently held a professional development workshop on hands-on teaching techniques for elementary and middle school educators across the Ocala Cluster in the Alum Rock Unified School District (ARUSD) . The workshop is part of the ongoing science program conducted by RAFT in collaboration with the Youth Science Institute (YSI) and ARUSD . RAFT and YSI have partnered together to support the teachers from the District’s Ocala Cluster of Caselle , Ryan and Rogers Elementary School s and Ocala Middle School , with the tools and techniques required to spark imaginations and fuel minds. “It's great to be part of this partnership that's bringing RAFT Activity Kits and YSI programs into Ocala Cluster classrooms with lessons that complement each other,” says Ken Sakoi, Education Director at YSI. The RAFT Breadboard circuit These professional development tools and hands on techniqu...

Can’t make it to the White House Science Fair today? Here are some great hands on ideas for your own local Science Fair! Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT) has over 600 Idea Sheets with more than 400 focused on Sciences – Life Science, Earth/Space Science and Physical Science. These idea sheets can lead to a myriad of possibilities! Here are a few RAFT hands on Science activity ideas that you can even conduct as a classroom science project! Colors of Light A Student enjoying the color patterns in the easily built spectroscope. Make your own with the RAFT Colors of Light Activity Kit! White light is actually a combination of different colors. This easily built spectroscope allows students to separate the incoming light into its component colors, forming a light spectrum (rainbow). Besides creating interesting color patterns it can be used to identify different sources of light. Grade Range: K - 12 Download Idea Sheet Buy Activity Kit Hovercraft Create a simple hov...