Chicks Galore!

We have survived FCAT and are back to our normal schedule. We have waitied patiently for 21 days and... our eggs have HATCHED! We have 8 beautiful baby chicks! Stop by the lab to see our babies!

Week of March 17th

Have you seen the Leprechaun? BOLO!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! This week in the science lab, we will be reviewing everything we have learned so far in kindergarten, reviewing weather in second grade (and getting an interview with Mrs. Boland and Mrs. Parrish on their earthquake experience!), and in first grade we are reviewing and practicing for our upcoming musical with Miss Ressell.

Have a great Spring Break!

Sidetracked!

It is so easy to get sidetracked when you are having fun!
 

We raced boats...                              We made volcanoes...

 

 We learned about weather patterns and air pressure...







We did experiments and got ready for science fair!

Week of March 3rd

Tuesday night... March 4th... Dr. Seuss STEM Literacy night! "Would you, could you,
on a boat?" Come to my science lab and check out our cool boat activity.

In K, we are finishing shadows and reviewing what we have learned about the things we see in the sky/space.
In 1st, we are reviewing harmful/beneficial properties of the sun with a solar bead activity and beginning slow/fast land changes.

In 2nd, we are finishing weather instruments and making our own wind vane.

Week of February 24th

FCAT Writes... Feb 25th and 26th

In K, we started outside with shadows at the beginning of the week until...I broke my toe! We moved inside for the rest of the week working on planets in our solar system.

In 1st, we finished up rockets and edible solar systems.

In 2nd, we continued with weather instruments and weather patterns.

Week of February 17th

     This week in K, we will be learning all things lunar! We will learn about the moon, how it orbits the earth, basic moon phases (full, new, first quarter, last quarter), and what the surface of the moon looks like. In their classrooms, students will be making moon craters with balls and flour/cocoa powder. Pictures are from last year...



In first grade, we are launching rockets in some classes and  making edible solar systems in others. All classes will get to do both activities in the next few weeks.

Check out Mrs. Smith's class launching their rockets yesterday...

 



In second grade, we are meteorlogsists learning about extreme weather that affects us in Florida. In the upcoming weeks, we will be learning about extreme weather around the world and making emergency preparedness plans and dioramas to present to other students.

 

 

 

 

 

Week of February 10th

This week in the science lab...

Kindergarten is learning about rotation (spinning in place) and revolution/orbiting (moving around another object). We have modeled both until we are all dizzy! :) Students get a mini "solar system" at their group table and must place the "sun" in the correct spot (center) and make an "earth" revolve/orbit around the sun.

 

In first grade, we are Junior Astronauts building our straw rockets that will be launched next week.

 

 

In second grade, we are learning about soil and classifying soil. Students had to draw and label the layers of soil and using edible substances, had to create and explain their labeled "soil".