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Experimental Design

At the beginning of the year, we started a unit on Experimental Design.  Students had to “Save Fred” a gummy worm from drowning by only using paper clips.  Students had Read More >>

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Static Electricity

Electricity  This fall, the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh graders have been learning about static electricity, atom components, and electromagnetism. We started the unit by exploring the impact that electricity Read More >>

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Paper Airplanes

This winter, the five older students in grades 7-8 participated in a unit on engineering a better paper airplane. First they had to choose three different types of planes to Read More >>

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Layers of the Earth

We began our layers of the Earth class by asking ourselves, “How many layers of the Earth are there?”. That is when everyone learned that there are four layers of, Read More >>

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Density and Viscosity

Density and Viscosity This fall, the five seventh and eighth graders have been exploring the similarities and differences between density and viscosity. We started by defining the terms: demonstrate, model, Read More >>

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Plant Class

Over the winter, we have been working in depth with plants. Topics included In class, we grew a bean plant from seed in dirt and a potato plant from a Read More >>

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Inventions

In January 2023 we started an Invention unit, inspired in part by the many inventions we learned about during our study of the Industrial Revolution. We started this unit by Read More >>

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Animal Classification Spring 2022

This year was the continuation of an animal class that had begun 2 years ago. Many of the activities of the class continued through this year.  However, we had several Read More >>

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Lego Class

In Lego class 2nd graders used Legos to learn about simple and powered machines using hands-on activities. First, they investigated structures and forces, incorporating both rigid and flexible shapes in building Read More >>