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It's Science! |
 Look what we saw under our
digital microscope! |
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Kindergartners learned about how volcanoes erupt by mixing baking soda and vinegar into our play-dough structures! |
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Oh no! The kindergartners tested the shadows with their groundhog and it looks like six more weeks of winter! |
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Grade 1 Butterflies
Grade 1 watched as caterpillars make chrysallis' and became beautiful Painted Lady Butterflies. We fed them sugar water and oranges. After a few days we set them free - one at a time they flew off!
This was better than a picture book! We had to be patient as we waited and
watched. We had fun and learned a lot. We loved them!
See
a movie of our caterpillars under the digital microscope!
See
our our butterflies under the digital microscope!
Our Butterfly Photos.....
| (Click on the small image below to see a larger picture) |
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The second graders learned about fossils, so they made their own fossils using Plaster of Paris. |
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The second graders examined sand and soil using hand lenses. |
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Third graders made models of rock layers with hidden fossil animals. |
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Third graders examine the parts of a flower. |
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Fourth grade scientists had a hands-on day investigating electricity. On their own they learned how to make a light bulb light, make a motor run, and how to make a switch turn off and on. |
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Students brought in their rock collections from home to share with the class during our rocks and minerals unit. |
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Fourth graders learned about the Human Skeleton. They used different types of noodles and beans to construct their own skeleton. What a fun way to learn about the different bones! |
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5th graders recycled the Sunday Newspaper to make their own paper using starch and water. |
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There is rock below Earth's surface that is melted or nearly melted. The 5th graders made a model of this material found in the Earth. They used a mixture of cornstarch and water to show properties of a solid and a liquid. |
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Sixth grade scientists used everyday materials to purify salt water into everyday drinking water. This process is called desalination. |
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Grade 6 science students spent time comparing granite samples with rice-embedded handmade rocks they make in groups. |
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Seventh graders have been studying genetics. Partner pairs used red and white beans to determine how likely it would be for traits to be expressed in offspring. |
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Seventh graders made edible DNA in science class. Using twizzlers, marshmallows and toothpicks, students had a visual of what the twisted ladder shape of DNA looks like. |
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Seventh graders observed the difference between cellular respiration and photosynthesis by comparing plant sprigs in carbonated water and blue dye solutions placed both in the sunlight and in a dark closet. |
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Science students enjoy using SMART Board lessons to enhance textbook instruction. Here, students take interactive notes. |
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Seventh grade scientists spent time viewing plant and animal cells and recorded their observations. |
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Seventh grade scientists compared the difference between kinetic and potential energy and heat. Students noticed that as kinetic energy increased with body movement, so did heat given off by their bodies, as waste. |
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Seventh graders spent time making homemade ice cream. It's amazing what some ice cubes, rock salt, milk, sugar, and some free time can make inside a Ziploc bag. Homemade ice cream - even better than DQ! |
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Grade 8
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Eighth graders worked with plaster of paris and plastic toys to simulate fossils buried years ago. Each group buried a toy and "dug" it up the next day to visualize how fossils get created. |
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Eighth grade science students spent time recreating the solar system to scale. Using meter sticks, yarn, planet cut-outs and roll paper - the solar system was revealed before each group's eyes. |
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