Yeast Investigation

How do you plan to break yeast's dormancy?

Red Worms: Day 7

Great observations today 5th grade!!!  What is the importance of red worms in the ecosystem?

Red Worm Observations

What did you observe with your red worm habitat today?  Did you notice any changes?

New Class Pet!

I'm so excited about our new piranha!  Any suggestions for a name?

Woods Ecosystem

Today we discussed food webs.  Discuss how energy flows from the sun to coyote in the woods ecosystem.

Sketch a Scientist

After today's activity sketching a scientist, how would your drawing change if you were to do it again?

Hello Fifth Grade!

Today went so fast!   I was going to ask you questions about sketch a scientist, but we did not get to it.  Instead, I will just ask you, what are you most excited to learn about this year in science?

Reaction Products Investigation

What do you think you will see in your evaporation dish tomorrow? How will you determine if the white precipitate is baking soda or some other substance?

Chemical reaction investigation

Where did the bubbles come from in cups 1 & 3?  What was the solid that formed in cup 1?

Fizzing Bags

What differences and similarities did you observe between the reaction of calcium chloride/baking soda and citric acid/baking soda?

Concentration Lab

Why was it important to take repeated measurements of our solutions?

Lizard!!!

Extra credit....first student to identify this lizard, tell me what it eats and its ideal habitat.  Ready...GO!!!

Tornado in Lincoln!

Here's a picture of a funnel cloud my son took at baseball practice tonight...

KoolAid Recipe?

Were all the solutions we made today the same?  Was the concentration of each solution the same?  Were some solutions more diluted than others?  How could you tell?  What was the solvent and solute?    

Sounds Off Investigation

I had a great time with you today 5th grade!!! Here are a couple of more wrap up questions for you to answer on our Sound Off Investigation.

1. Explain the activity. What did each the bag, noise makers, and people represent in our activity?
2. If you were a predator, was it easy or hard to find your prey?
3. Did any other noises in the environment make the activity more challenging?

Hide and Seek

How did you determine which organism was made for you?  How is this related to our focus question,"what features of organisms attract attention"?

Response Time Investigation Part 2

Response investigation pictures

Response Time Investigation

What was the stimulus and response in our experiment today? How close was your prediction to your actual reactions?

Vital Lung Capacity...S

What is vital lung capacity? Was your vital lung capacity higher or lower than you expected?