Having discussed North American deserts last week, this week we expanded our scope to deserts all across the world. We started with the biggest desert of all: Antarctica! We read a book, colored some Antarctic wildlife, and talked about cold
Lab Report: The Amazing Balancing Yardstick
First Name: Anna Age: 7 Experiment Title: The Amazing Balancing Yardstick What was your hypothesis?: My hypothesis was that when I pushed the yardstick one way, it would push too far and fall down. What materials did you use in
Lab Report: Magic Yardstick
First Name: Aaron Age: 6 Experiment Title: Magic Yardstick What was your hypothesis?: I expected that the yardstick was going to fall to the side of my pushing finger. What materials did you use in your experiment? List them all.:
Book Report: Emily Windsnap and the Siren's Secret by Liz Kessler
First Name: Anna Age: 7 Book Title: Emily Windsnap and the Siren’s Secret Author: Liz Kessler Fiction Genres: Fairy Tale,Fantasy Write three (3) sentences which describe the Setting of the book. Be sure use descriptive words.: The book takes place
Action
Our mini-lesson of the day was about writing introductions that both capture reader attention and clearly state a thesis. We talked about “starting in the action,” and the use of questions and quotes. We also discussed making a thesis statement
Cardboard
This week we created door hangers with our name from card board and tissue papers. Some kids created cardboard projects.
Data
Today the sociology class looked at research methods, starting with the idea that we take in, assess and draw conclusions from social data all the time (show of hands; whether a restaurant has good reviews; number of texts received; which
Fall
This week we created beaded pipe cleaner – inidian corn and other fall themed creations. We will continue to work on beaded pipe cleaner projects next week. We were sad to miss our electrons friends that were sick and we
Lab Report: An Apple vs Rubber Bands
First Name: CJ Age: 8 Experiment Title: An Apple vs Rubber Bands What was your hypothesis?: That rubber bands will break an apple. What materials did you use in your experiment? List them all.: An apple and 70 rubber bands.
Lab Report: Pennies vs a Paper Plate
First Name: CJ Age: 8 Experiment Title: Pennies vs a Paper Plate What was your hypothesis?: That 54 pennies will sink a paper plate. What materials did you use in your experiment? List them all.: A paper plate and some