Students have been very busy in science class at Rohan Woods….
JK
- Read Quirkles books Pressure Pete and Quincy Quake to learn about air pressure and earthquakes
- Observed and learned about the honeybees in our observation bee hive
- Helped put soil in the garden beds and planted watermelon seeds
SK
- Researched to find what color their planet is and painted their paper mache planet the correct color
- Learned the difference between a planet and a star
- Observed and learned about the honeybees in our observation bee hive
- Helped put soil in the garden beds and planted corn
1st
- Investigated friction, levers, and inclined planes using hands on experiments
- Observed and learned about the honeybees in our observation bee hive
- Helped put soil in the garden beds
2nd
- Investigated the adaptations of the flora and fauna in the tundra, desert, and rainforest biomes
- Observed and learned about the honeybees in our observation bee hive
- Helped put soil in the garden beds and planted zinnia seeds
3rd
- Started unit on circuits/electricity
- Investigated conductors and insulators
- Created a working circuit that lights a light bulb
- Observed and learned about the honeybees in our observation bee hive
- Helped put soil in the garden beds and planted green bean seeds
4th
- Started unit on ecosystems
- Build "ecocolumns" that include a terrarium and an aquarium to study the ecosystem this creates
- Added live animals and plants to ecocolumn
- Observed and learned about the honeybees in our observation bee hive
- Helped put soil in the garden beds
Middle School
- Continued simple machines unit
- Constructed mousetrap powered cars, raced cars, and completed a mini lab report on the experiment
- Learned about the screw and used it to build a compost bin for the school
- Observed and learned about the honeybees in our observation bee hive
- Helped put soil in the garden beds and planted sunflower seeds
Middle School Health
- Started unit on the endocrine and reproductive systems
Garden
- Prepared raised garden beds with a soil mix of topsoil, humus, and peat
- Planted green beans, watermelon, pumpkins, corn, zucchini, zinnia's, nasturtium, sunflowers, peas, and morning glory seeds
- Added onto the prairie garden by laying down cardboard and mulch to begin the process of killing the grass in the prairie addition area
Observation Honeybee Hive
- Installed an observation bee hive in the science lab
- Added a colony of approximately 15,000 bees into the hive
- Bees are currently doing the following: capping honey cells, capping brood cells, queen laying eggs, larvae growing, pollen and nectar stored in cells