Week of August 20, 2012

This week, fourth grade students are learning to plot ordered pair coordinates on a grid map to make constellations. Second grade students are doing inquiry activities on properties of solid objects. First grade students are learning about thermometers and making thermomemeter models. Students in third grade are taking soil samples around the school and recording where the samples are found. Kindergarten students are idenitifying living and non-living things. Finally, fifth grade students are exploring the 'unseen' world by looking through microscopes.

The First Couple Weeks in the Science Lab

Well, the first couple of weeks of school are behind us now and I am excited about this school year! It's going to be a great year of science...I mean school. During the first couple of weeks of science lab, students have learned the rules and procedures, expectations, and emergency procedures. I demonstrated a bit of science magic the first time they saw me by crushing a soda can without touching it. Your child may have come home asking to do this with you. I have posted the directions for this simple experiment under the science experiments tab. The students and I also attempted to answer the BIG question - just What is science? Students cut out pictures and words in magazines and newspapers to show what they thought the answer might be.