OWL PELLETS!
For our final science lab of the year, we dissected owl pellets as part of our unit on food webs and food chains, and how matter cycles throughout ecosystems. It was so much fun to hear the kids find and identify bones and skulls, Even the kids who were kind of grossed out in the beginning, forgot they were grossed out and started digging in. It was like finding buried treasure! DANCING RAISINS
As part of our MATTER unit, we learned about buoyancy and density. When we put raisins in Club Soda, a surprising thing happened. As the bubbles began to stick in the "crinkly" parts of the raisins, the raisins floated to the top, but as they reached the top of the glass, the bubbles popped causing the raisins to sink to the bottom again. They "danced" up and down in the glass until they ran out of bubbles PHYSICAL CHANGES!
We experimented with physical changes in MATTER by disintegrating styrofoam cups and packing peanuts in acetone, but we were surprised to see that corn starch packing peanuts did not dissolve in acetone, but disintegrated in water- which did not affect the styrofoam! We also added water to Potassium Polyacrylate Crystals (sounds fancy, huh?) to make fake snow, absorbent gooey gel, and little beads, like Orby's. We learned a important property of this chemical is that it is super absorbent! SALAD DAY!!
At the beginning of this school year, each one of us planted a lettuce seed in our HYDROPONICS SYSTEM. We planted 3 or 4 varieties. We have been learning how to check the PH levels and the fertilizer measurement in our system, and then adjusting as necessary to take care of our plants. It was finally time to harvest so we celebrated by holding SALAD DAY. Thank you to everyone to donated dressing, toppings, cheese, meat, eggs, croutons, and all of the yummy things we added to our greens. It was a delicious feast! MEASURING MATTER As we learned all about MATTER and its PROPERTIES, we conducted several investigations to study DENSITY, BUOYANCY, MEASURING VOLUME AND MASS, and TEMPERATURE OZOBOT CODING
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A little bit about me...
My name is LeAnne Jones and I am so excited to
have your child in my class! I am an outdoor
enthusiast. I love to hike, camp, bike, fish, and run.
I love to spend time with my family; I have a cute husband and 3 amazing kids.
I also love to read, garden, travel, and to learn
about our natural world.
If you ever have any questions or concerns,
please feel free to contact me by email at:
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