Mirae and I went out of our comfort zones today to teach young students about inertia and motion.

UBC’s Family Science Day was a really fun event to volunteer at with my fellow teacher candidates.

The number of young children that came to the event with their families was incredible. It was also a learning experience for myself as well! I found myself at a physics demonstration station teaching inertia and motion to children as young as three years old. It was difficult enough already to be teaching and demonstrating that I had only learned about earlier in the morning, but teaching the concepts to younger children who have not yet developed their cognitive skills and scientific vocabulary made it even more of a challenge.

At the end of the day, I learned that being able to describe one concept or phenomenon in several different ways is crucial for being a good teacher. I also learned how tiring teaching the same thing over and over again can be! My voice was practically gone by the time noon finally rolled around.