I’m late with last week’s summary – my apologies! For the past two weeks we have explored the cardiovascular system. We learned how blood moves through the heart, how the heart gets its blood supply, and how the heart beats
Weekly Summary: pH/Changing Color – Neutrons – STEM
We began our first class with a review of the Scientific Method, focusing on using prior knowledge and research to make an educated hypothesis. We learned about pH/the power of hydrogen, and discussed a few attributes of acids vs bases
Weekly Summary: Anatomy and physiology – directional terms – Muons – Anatomy & Physiology
We kicked off our A and P with the introduction of directional terms. These terms help to describe where body parts are in relationship to each other. The wrist is distal to the elbow for example. The muons were assigned
Weekly Summary: Anatomy & Physiology – Muons
We started with a little getting to know one another and sharing some obscure facts about the human body. Then the muons were assigned a directional anatomy term – they shared definitions and learned from each other. We practiced the
Weekly Summary: Write it/do it – Electrons and Neutrons – STEM
Each group was split in two to work together to create instructions for the other group to complete a specified “build” or structure, a concept borrowed from Science Olympiad. They then switched instructions and tried to recreate the “build” using
Weekly Summary: Ice Melting Experiment – Electrons and Neutrons – STEM
This week, the Neutrons and Electrons did a hands on experiment with melting ice. We started out creating hypotheses about which substance melts ice best, then each set to work testing our substances using pipettes to melt ice cubes. Substances
STEM: Box Observations
Both Neutrons and Electrons started this co-op session with a two week unit on making observations and conclusions. Each group made a large list of observation words / adjectives and then made observations of each of 10 boxes. Then, given
Math/Science: Parachutes
Our final day of math/science for this co-op year was spent building and testing parachutes! The wind made this activity even more exciting than I’d planned – hooray!
Math/Science: Grasshoppers
Today we were learning about mini beasts. So, I picked grasshoppers bc I love making them move like the animal we’re learning about 🤣. We started with a life cycle paper plate project to build on our pond discussion from 2
STEM: Thinking Games
We ended our year playing some fun thinking games. It was a great class of everyone working together! In case anyone is interested in the games: