Red Worm Observations...2 months later

What did you predict you would see in your red worm jar? Were you correct?

Where were the red worms? What did they look like?

Was there any kitchen waste, natural litter, or newspaper left in your jar?

What happens when compost worms interact with organic litter?

13 Mineral Classification Test

Great job classifying minerals!!  Many of you earned 100% and many of you were able to complete the test in less than a minute...very impressive!!!  If you would like to compete in a timed challenge tomorrow at lunch, please come to my room.

Motion Stations

Mineral Challenge!!!

What minerals were you able to identify today geologists?

Mineral Investigation

Great work today 6th grade!!!  Tomorrow we will be using the data you gathered and a mineral field guide to identify your mineral samples.

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?

King of the Castle Tournament

King of the Castle

What challenges did you face today? If you were to do this lab again, would you change the design of your siege machine? If so, why and in what way?

Siege Machines

What type of motion will your marshmallows experience?  What will be the source of the forces involved?  What will you need to take into consideration when launching your marshmallow?  Do you predict you will be "king of the castles"?

P and S Wave Activity

What type of wave did the side to side walkers represent?  Which type of walker arrived first at each timer station?  What happened to the distance between walkers as distance from the start point increased?

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"?

Gravity - From Newton to Einstein - The Elegant Universe

Physics of Sky Diving (+playlist)

Hammer vs Feather - Physics on the Moon: Galileo and Apollo 15

How and why would the feather and hammer react differently on the Earth?

Overcoming Friction Class Video

Overcoming Friction

Response Time Investigation Part 2

Bridge progress...

Be ready to test Tuesday!  I can't wait to see your finished products!!!

 

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?

The Impossible Bridge

After watching the video, what challenges did the designers for "the Impossible Bridge" face. How did they overcome these challenges?

DSN Animation: What is Tension/Compression?

After watching the video, explain the forces of tension and compression in a suspension bridge.

Bridge project

Great start on your bridges today!! Explain what struggles and triumphs you experienced today...

25 Scary Bridges You'll Have To See To Believe

Here's a video of 25 scary and amazing bridges to kick off our bridge building project...

Vital Lung Capacity...S

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

Vital Lung Capacity...B

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

Cupcake Core Drilling

How did the core drilling allow you to get a more accurate idea of the composition of the cupcake? What could you have done to get an even more precise vision? What technique did we discuss in class that would allow you to determine the composition of area of the earth not able to be reach by drilling?