Raffle Prize Winners

Congratulations to our first raffle winners of the year!  You rock!!!

Devin
Maddie
Kaitlin
Brooke
John

Stream Table Lab: Erosion

What were our findings in regard to erosion in the stream table investigation? What other variables could we have tested in order to learn more about erosion?

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?

Water Labs

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?

Yeast Investigation

How do you plan to break yeast's dormancy?

Sorting Earth Material...AWESOME 6th GRADERS!!

How did the wind affect the sand and gravel? How did the large rock affect the rate and pattern of erosion?

Sorting Earth Material

How did you sort and group your earth mixture?  What characteristics did they share? 

Red Worms: Day 7

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

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?

Red Worm Observations

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

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!!!

What was the independent and dependent variable in this experiment?

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.

Biology and Society Reading

Homework tonight...

Read p 16
Summarize
Answer questions 1-3
Answer research and decide questions from p. 16

        Links to read for research and decide

 

http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2013/bpa-dispute

http://www.foodinsight.org/Science_and_the_BPA_Controversy

 

Replicating Procedures Lab

What did you find difficult today about writing directions for your super unique, 9 block Lego structure?

Sketch a Scientist

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

All Tied Up!

Amazing work today! I know that you got frustrated, but I was very proud of your perseverance. Great job Stella/Sara and Sophia/Shalyn for being the first to get loose!

Here are the questions and format for the conclusion paragraph in case you did not have time in class to finish.

Analysis Questions:

1. Why is it important to revise your hypothesis as you get new information?
2. How did using the scientific method help you to solve this problem?
3. Why is it important for an experiment to be reproducible?
4. Where in your life can you use the scientific method?

Conclusion Paragraph Format:

What was the problem?
What was your hypothesis?
What were the results (what happened)?
Was your hypothesis supported or not supported?
What did you learn?

See you tomorrow!