High School Clubs

zyrefredric

zyrefredric

my high school only had a small population, so it was the principal who assigned what clubs we belong, and i was unfortunately placed into Book Lover's club despite me wanting so much to be in the Science club.. it was rather boring ,we just spent club time reading novels..

what club did you belong to in high school? what was the most exciting/memorable activity you had in the club?

note: I started this thread partly because I am currently a high school teacher and am the coordinator of the Exploiter's Club (that's like math and science club), and I'm looking for ideas for activities to have.. if you could specifically suggest activities it would be greatly appreciated ^_^
 
Well, we don't have 'clubs' specifically. But asking the kids what they want to do is always a good thing.
Think back to when you were in high school (I'm presuming that it wasn't TOO long ago ;)) and think what interests you, you might be surprised at how your students react.

As far as sciencey activities go, titration challenges are always fun, as are making DC motors. Perhaps something to do with ecology and using slides, looking at protozoan. These are things that my respective (Chemistry, Physics and Biology) teachers did to spice up this year and I appreciated it heaps! :)
 
Well im from ireland and rugby is huge here. I was in the rugby team in which we won the Medallion Schools Irish Shield which was awesome !

I also play the violin lol and I was the leader of the senior orchestra of my school :D!
 
Mountain Dewgong said:
As far as sciencey activities go, titration challenges are always fun, as are making DC motors. Perhaps something to do with ecology and using slides, looking at protozoan. These are things that my respective (Chemistry, Physics and Biology) teachers did to spice up this year and I appreciated it heaps! :)
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making DC motor and viewing microscopic organisms is easy to implement, but i'm intrigued with the titration challenges.. could it be done in a way that they would enjoy it without having great background in chemistry?
 
At my school in England the main clubs are Rugby, Hockey and Cricket as far as sport is concerned. Then there are just loads of other random little clubs for subjects.

I was part of the school cross country team until year 10(i'm year 12 now) but left due to there only being two people left as everyone slowly couldn't be bothered anymore.
 
In the US, school clubs (as in clubs offered by the school) for sports aren't as popular as others. We have a lot of clubs that are quite popular, like MUN, FBLA, etc. But at least we're allowed to choose our clubs = /
 
Of course, I've been on my varsity tennis team for 3, going on 4 years now. In addition to that, I've done Academic Decathlon, Science Olympiad (winning two gold medals at states), Mock Trial (winning two awards for excellence in cross examination/direct examination), Italian Club, National Honor Society, Model Legislature (freshman year, quit because the kids on it were stupid), and had Class Officer for three years.

Anyway, if you want some cool activities, try something like building a catapult that can throw an object a certain distance. It's harder than it looks, but its really fun to do, and incorporates both math and science.
 
Gah, this just brought some crappy memories. About 2 years ago in my school the principal picked what club we were going to be sent to. Anyway, shortly after I found out I was picked for the dreaded chess club. At first, I thought it would be kind of fun(since I had never played chess before) and some of my friends also landed in the club so I gave it a go.

Then I met the chess teacher. Just to keep it brief, he was a chilenian(that how you spell it?) guy with a beard covering half his face. Anyway at first playing chess was kind of cool; but the clup itself lasted for 4 hours. Us, being in like 8th grade at the time, logically got bored after like the first hour. So we started talking/yelling, playing with this tennis ball we had, etc.

Then when the teacher found out we weren't playing chess anymore he got like extremely pissed at us. He went on a rant and forced us to play chess for the next 3 hours.

I never joined the chess club again.
 
That seems pretty harsh. If too little people want to be in a club, shouldn't they just disband the club and not force people to join? Most people I know choose the clubs they want to enter in their school.
 
In my high school I've been a member of the Cinema club for a year. Staying after school to watch movies is pretty cool.

I would join the Chess club too, but it's more about Magic the Gathering than it is Chess. Nobody likes chess lol.
 
in your place, are you allowed t join more than one club at a time? form my experience, our clubs were chosen for us, and we can only be in one club..

@FolgorioTehKickAss: Wow, FOUR HOURS
 
in your place, are you allowed to join more than one club at a time? from my experience, our clubs were chosen for us, and we can only be in one club..

@FolgorioTehKickAss: Wow, FOUR HOURS of club time? and chess to make it worse.. in our school we only meet every Friday for 1 and a half hour..

also, we don't have clubs related to sports, there' s just the varsity.. probably because the poulation of the school is small so there's just like 4 clubs: Explorers (math and science, Music, Performing Arts, Crafts/Culinary

P.S. sorry for the double post
 
zyrefredric said:
making DC motor and viewing microscopic organisms is easy to implement, but i'm intrigued with the titration challenges.. could it be done in a way that they would enjoy it without having great background in chemistry?
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Well, I don't know how old your students were/their level of knowledge of the sciences, but we did a simple titration and calculation to find if the claimed % of basic (pH wise) ingredient of an antacid tablet was correct.
By first making up a known test solution of Sodium Hydroxide, then titrating that with HCl to find the concentration of the acid and then using that acid to test the tablets.
Probably not advised unless your students are older, unless you wish to do background teaching.

Making bouncy balls using simple polymerisation reactions was fun, I won't go into detail but you can check it out here:
http://chemistry.about.com/od/demonstrationsexperiments/ss/bounceball.htm

Simple things like hydrocarbon rockets (correct ratios of methane and oxygen in a plastic bottle lit with a fuse/long splint) or a lump of Sodium metal thrown into a tub of water. We love explosions haha!
 
Unfortunately, American universities want clubs so I entered clubs.

Student Council
Debate Team
my own SAT prep club (LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL)

not very much
 
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