"Bell Ringer"

Today in class I worked with my group on deciding what bell ringer to do. After doing much research, my group found that it would be a great idea to do a bell ringer about gravity. To catch the students attention we would start off by showing them a very interesting you tube video we found that talked about a bubble and zero gravity. After the students were amazed by the you tube, we would then show them another you tube video that we think the students would really enjoy. This you tube that we showed would show the students what a classroom would be like if there were zero gravity classrooms. It is my opinion that this you tube will really catch the students attention. At one point in the you tube, some teachers are throwing another teacher back and forth to each other, it is very cool. After our students are done watching those two you tube videos, we will then have a crossword puzzle for them to work on that consists of terms that go hand in hand with gravity. We are not going to give the students any terms for answers, the students will have to try and find the answers by themselves or with the help from their science books. We thought that by not providing an answer box, the students will then have to work harder and will probably remember the material a lot better this way, rather than telling them the answer. Our bell ringer is going to be for freshman in high school because we know that freshman would probably understand gravity better that any younger grades.