Thursday, August 15, 2013
Friday, November 9, 2012
Tested myths include:
2. Which has the most germs? Students were asked to list the area in their location with the most amount of germs (i.e. the gym floor). Based on their answer, students swabbed that particular area with q tips and then swabbed agar plates to observe the bacteria/mold that was generated. The agar plates germinated for several days and students were able to view their results. Students tested the gym floor, toilet, urinal, telephone, restroom sink and restroom floor. The telephone was the winner! (Gross!!)
|Student collecting bacteria from a toilet.|
|Students swabbing their agar plates.|
|Two students testing to see if the peanut butter side of a piece of toast will always land peanut butter side down.|
Friday, July 27, 2012
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
|Students design their ideal community and discover that we all contribute to water pollution in some way and discover best management practices to reduce pollution.|
|Students explore the rate at which water absorbs and flows on different surfaces to investigate runoff. Students tested three different surfaces: pavement, mulch, and gravel.|
|Student designing a stencil slogan.|
Friday, December 30, 2011
Measuring a bubble tower with a ruler.
Investigating the interaction of water and antacid tablets.
Anticipating launching our antacid tablet bottle rockets!
Designing our layout before building a rainforest tree.
Working together to build the tallest tree we can imagine!
Combining our trees to discover the layers of the tropical rainforest.
Displaying the finished product!
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Next, we discussed different shapes of parachutes. Then, they sketched their designs and were given 10 minutes to construct the parachute.
After testing the parachutes, participants were asked to change one aspect of their parachute that would increase the landing time.
An example of the final product!
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Searching for simple machines in a cartoon.
After completing the brick flipper, the students were challenged to modify the lever to launch a Lego the farthest possible distance.
Building an inclined plane.
Making last minute changes to a cart and cart launcher before the race begins!