Author Celebration

Thank you to all of the families that came out to celebrate our wonderful authors.  They worked hard on their research and were so excited to share it!

Measurement Olympics

As a review for our measurement test, the students "competed" in our Olympics.

Events:

Discus

Javelin

Shot Put

Sponge Squeeze

Marble Grab

Big Foot

We had Olympic sized fun! 

Keva Blocks

I have used Keva blocks with past students and was excited to hear that Liberty just purchased some for the school!   

These blocks are great because there are a number of lessons and activities that you can do with them.  However, my favorite part of these blocks is the creativity that comes from.  That is just what I asked the kids to do on Friday.  Here is what they came up with.

And this was just their first time using them!  

You will be seeing these at STEMmerday so be sure to stop by the library.

Twirling Teacher

This week we explored investigation lesson and conducted a few experiments with gravity.  In one particular experiment, the students had to figure out a way to get their teacher to twirl.  Some were a bit disappointed that it wasn't me they were trying to twirl.  Ask your child what position the arms on the teacher had to be to get her to twirl.

Reader Theatre

We finished our Famous American unit by participating in reader's theatre.  We performed a play about Helen Keller, Martin Luther King Jr. and Susan B. Anthony.

Another wonderful performance by the students!

100th day towers

We had lots of fun. By NC

The challenge was that we had to make the towers with 100 toothpicks and it had to be 5 unifix cubes tall.  By SS

We made are towers out of marshmallows and toothpicks. By  MP

We had to plan our towers but they didn't go how we imagined it.  By AK

At the end we had to fill out the questions.  By JB

Can you keep an ice cube from melting?

We conducted a STEM project this week where the children had to create a container that could insulate an ice cube.  After the ice cube was inside the container it had to sit under a heat lamp for five minutes.  The children measured the length and weight before and after the experiment and noted any changes.   The containers and ideas behind them were pretty impressive.

Compliments

Ms. Scott taught us how to not only give compliments but also how to receive them.  Ask your child about this activity.

Gas Experiments

On Wedenesday, we did a few experiments with gases.  One experiment involved mixing vinegar with baking soda.

The result is always fun to watch.  Ask your child what happened.

We started this experiment at the beginning of the week.  We mixed water, salt, and food coloring together.  We are watching as the water slowly evaporates and turns into a gas.  We hVe made a number of hypotheses over what will happen to the salt. 

Now that we have had a 5 day weekend, I wonder what the container looks like now.

Molecules Are Everywhere

We made molecules out of Cheerios. By GK

We glued molecules on a paper with solid, gas, and liquid.  By YW

It was a little silly but we worked hard and shared our glue.  By BN

Solids, liquids, and gases all have molecules in them and that's what we learned about today.  By JK