We have had a busy beginning to science this year! Students have been learning about why scientists ask questions, what tools scientists use, and how scientists answer their questions. Students have worked on two challenges: 1. a marshmallow challenge to build the tallest tower out of raw spaghetti, a marshmallow, some string, and a meter … Continue reading What’s Been Going on in Science?
Fourth grade has just completed second quarter which means we have a new board full of I Wonder questions. Anytime a student has a question that pops up during our lessons and we don’t have time to research or discuss it, we place the question on our “I Wonder” board. At the end of each … Continue reading New I Wonder Questions
You may be thinking this post is going to be about a train or two, but it in fact is a topic we are studying in our science class. Here is today’s writing prompt: Imagine you are a toy engineer working on a new scientific toy design that you hope will be a big sell … Continue reading Conductor Engineers
Please check out the power points we made summarize our plant variable experiments. We have learned in class that plants need six things to survive: water, sunlight, temperature, air, space, and nutrients. Each group picked one of the variables and created an experiment to test that variable. Please check them out below: Room 16 Group … Continue reading Plant Variable Experiment Power Point Presentations
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Here is a link to the food fight game we played in class on Tuesday. Remember, you have to have 2 players to play! ***This game only works between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. food fight game