How did your red worm habitats change over the course of these last few weeks? What can you conclude about the role of red worms in our ecosystem? If we used the soil from our jars in a garden, what would you predict would be the results of plants grown there?
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Sand...close up!
How did your description of each type of sand change when you were able to view it with the dissecting microscope?
Flat Stanley Visitors
Thanks Ariana and Anica for sharing your Flat Stanley visitors with us today. I hope they had a great time and have a fantastic adventure to share with everyone when they get home...
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Temperature and Enzymes Lab
"Love that tasty liver"
In our liver and hydrogen peroxide lab, how did temperature affect the rate of the reaction?
Weathering Investigation
Very loud, amazing work today making your homemade sand! What similarities and differences did you notice between the beach sand and your homemade granite sand?
Monday, September 8, 2014
Welcome Roger!!!
What should we feed Roger? Why is humidity important? What happened to the spikes on the iguana in the video?
Friday, September 5, 2014
Raffle Prize Winners
Congratulations to our first raffle winners of the year! You rock!!!
Devin
Maddie
Kaitlin
Brooke
John
Stream Table Lab: Erosion
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Yeast Investigation
Great work today!!! My apologies for being so rushed, but don't fret scientists, you will also have tomorrow to experiment with the yeast. Were the results you observed what you expected? What variables would you like to change tomorrow?
Stream Tables
What land features did you notice forming in your stream table? Which particles moved farther and faster...sand or clay? How would you vary today's experiment in order to learn more about erosion?
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Water Labs
What IS so special about water anyway? How did your predictions vary from your observations in today's labs? Why were you able to put so many drops of water on the surface of the penny before it overflowed?
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Sorting Earth Material...AWESOME 6th GRADERS!!
Friday, August 29, 2014
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Acid Test: Grand Canyon Rocks
Explain why the acid only reacted with 4 of our 10 rock samples. What reaction did you see? Where did the reaction come from? Would the results of this test change the way you categorized the rocks?
Monday, August 25, 2014
Grand Canyon Rock Observations
What similarities and differences did you notice between the rocks found at mile 20 and rocks found at mile 52?
Feed a Monkey Cucumbers and Look Out!!!
Friday, August 22, 2014
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Woods Ecosystem
Today we discussed food webs. Discuss how energy flows from the sun to coyote in the woods ecosystem.
Biology and Society Reading
Summarize
Answer questions 1-3
Answer research and decide questions from p. 16
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Replicating Procedures Lab
What did you find difficult today about writing directions for your super unique, 9 block Lego structure?
