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What are Experimental Stories?
Experimental stories present an action in progress and follow the action through the beginning-to-end sequence. This is an excellent tool to demonstrate sequences such as a plant growing, a flower blooming, a volcanoe erupting, a science experiment in progress, or a math sequence.

Advantages for use in the classroom:

• Excellent center activity
• Students can create their own and have available in centers for other classmates to use
• Students can create scrambled sequences by moving the slides out of order and having other students ut the slides back in sequence with the slide sorter function of PowerPoint

Disadvantages for use in the classroom:

• Students may need guidance or "reviewer" to make sure all steps are explained clearly and completely

Examples:

View online examples: Diet Coke and Mentos experiment

Experiments on Video

called How the Web Works