Weekly Reflection: December 21

Reporters: Lachlan and Madison    Photographer: Sakurako

 Exploring Conductors and Insulators

Taking apart the parts of the motor 

Exploring Movement !!!

Human conductors completing a circuit

Energy Ball by Lachlan
This week we played with this energy ball. Humans are conductors because they are made of water. If you touch the two brass wires the sound goes off in the energy ball. The whole class connected hands and two people touched the two brass wires and the sound went off.  When there was a break in our human chain the sound stopped.

Opening a Motor by Madison
This week in science we took apart a motor. Taking apart the motor wasn't so hard but putting it back together was. No group did it correct the first time they tried!  We had to make sure that all parts of the circuit were touching so that the circuit was complete.

Weekly Reflection: December 14

Reporters: Sakurako and Hannah   Photographer: Josh

Lightbulb Time!

Discovering how it is done. 

 Lightbulb!

 Check it out, guys!

Electricity by Sakurako
Last week we did a project with a lightbulb, batteries and the wires. We discovered that if the wire was on the lightbulb and the battery it would light up. We also learned that it was a circuit through the wire to the battery, through the other wire, to the lightbulb, into the small wires in the bulb. Then the wires heat up to make light. This was an exiting and awesome class project.    

Food Drive by Hannah
All of student council helped on this caring project.  Students brought in food for people who don't have a lot of food.   We had a assembly to learn about the food pantry. It is a great thing those Panthers did. We donated more food than any school.

Weekly Reflection: December 7

Reporters: Joshua and Susie    Photographer: Grace

Static Electricity Experiments

A piece of string was attracted to a paper towel.

Paper towel being rubbed against a plastic table cloth. 

A styrofoam peanut was attracted to a comb.

Heroes Matter by Susie
This week we did a project with the 2nd and 3rd graders. We got assigned a hero and had to research him or her on pebblego.com or facts4me.com. Then we typed our research up on a Google Doc. We could see everyone working on the Google Doc as we worked. Even though there were some difficulties, we had tons of fun working with each other!

Miss Struebing by Josh
Miss Struebing, our student teacher in music, is going off to pursue her dream of becoming a music teacher. We all wish her well and will miss her a lot. Her games such as Chicken on The Fence Post and others are fun memories to us all. Good luck and best wishes to you, Miss Struebing!