Separating Mixtures

Which of today's mixtures were able to be separated with filter paper?  A screen?

Rotor Egg Drop

Mixtures

What safety rules did we discuss today as we entered our chemistry unit?

Taking Flight

Analysis Questions

1. What adaptations did you make to your paper airplane over the course of the 3 trials? What was the affect on the distance achieved by your airplane?
2. Did wing size affect the distance a paper airplane traveled?
3. How would weight of your paper airplane affect the distance?
4. How would density affect the distance?
5. What environmental factors did you face in flying your paper airplane?
6. What gave your plane its forward motion?

Living System Review

Study...study...study.  Test tomorrow.  If you have questions tonight, post them and I will answer...questions about the test I should say :)

Launch Day 2

What changes did you make to your rocket today after yesterday's test launch?  Did your changes improve your rocket's hang time? 

3...2...1...LAUNCH!!!

THAT WAS AMAZING! Your rockets were fabulous! I was impressed with each of your designs. I am looking forward to tomorrow's launch with your adjustments...

 

  

Rockets

What strategies are you employing to increase the hang time of your rocket?

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