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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 >>

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Mystery Powders

Students in grades 3 – 5 took part in a chemistry unit titled, Mystery Powders. They had to observe and learn about the chemical and physical characteristics of white powders Read More >>

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Atoms and Molecules

This semester the 6th, 7th, and 8th graders spent 5 weeks learning basic chemistry! We started with the structure of the atom and decoding the information in the periodic table Read More >>

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Magnets

Over the last few months, all of the kindergarten and first graders have been in a magnet class during Investigations that was a total of five classes. The groups were Read More >>

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Magnets

Over the last few months, all of the kindergarten and first graders have been in a magnet class during Investigations that was a total of five classes. The groups were Read More >>

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Bugscopters

This fascinating investigation was created by Larry Schafer, the amazing science educator at Syracuse University. It starts with a box wrapped up as a gift. In the box is a Read More >>

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Electricity

Over the past few months the students have been learning about electricity. This is a very exciting topic for the students because electricity means a lot of activities and experiments! Read More >>

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Density and Viscosity

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

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Solar System

Students participated in a Solar system unit where we talked about the name of the planets, their size, their distance from the sun, the moon phases, and constellations. The first-class Read More >>

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Animal Classification

When Animal class began again in January of this year, we started with a book called The Butterfly and the Lamb. As is often the case, while the book seems Read More >>