Mixed the old favorite…baking soda and vinegar to have the gas blow up our orange balloons. https://www.icanteachmychild.com/magic-jack-o-lantern/
Oobleck
Today we discussed viscosity. (Viscosity: resistance of a fluid (liquid or gas) to a change in shape, or movement of neighbouring portions relative to one another. Viscosity denotes opposition to flow.) We got our hands dirty and made oobleck! 🙂
Bouncy Balls
Today we got our hands messy and made Bouncy Balls! https://thestemlaboratory.com/how-to-make-bouncy-balls/
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
Sociological Theories
This week we laid out four major sociological theories/movements that inform the way we might look at society, social institutions and social behaviors (see Chap 1 in the book). We looked at how these “lenses” can be used to understand
Sociology
Today we introduced sociology as a formal discipline of the social sciences. Sociology is the study of societies and social institutions and our social and behavioral response to them. The sociological imagination involves our ability to understand the relationship between
Symmetry
This week we talked about symmetry. The children made so really cool symmetrical designs that are hanging to dry in the art room. They designed one half of a folded paper and then tried to recreate it on the other
Geo Boards
We had a great first day exploring the Geoboards with colorful rubber bands. We started off by doing some simple command instructions which they did. We then moved on to some complex commands. They handled that really well and when
Sleeping Queens
This week, we split into two groups and switched off playing Sequence and Sleeping Queens. Rowdy fun was had by all. Many of the electrons expressed interest in playing Sleeping Queens again, so we may do this again next week.
Pie Charts: for Science!
We started off by talking about pie charts and their application to science. Together, we graphed results from a survey of favorite Halloween candy we had done the previous week. Then the Electrons split off for an independent project, performing