Students at Rohan Woods have been very busy
in the science lab…
JK
- worked on the concepts of kitchen chemistry and light
- created homemade ice cream and hand puppets
SK
- worked with the double pan balance
- studied concept of more massive and less massive
- arranged classroom items in order from least massive to most massive
- studied the thermometer and practiced reading it
1st
- dissected rocks to see what is inside
- created “homemade” rocks to understand the concept that rocks are made of more than one mineral
- made geodes
2nd/3rd
- started unit on states of matter
- reviewed the water cycle
- experimented with evaporation, condensation, melting, freezing
4th
- learned about Newton’s Third Law of Motion by creating balloon rockets
- designed and created paper rockets to be launched with 60psi of air
5th
- used prior knowledge to identify the parts of soil in their “mystery” soil sample
- experimented with the role plants play in erosion
- completed webquest on organisms that live in soil
6th
- built and experimented with electromagnets
- created a “hat pin” compass
- used hat pin compass to make a “pin” motor
- built and experimented with a simple “beakman’s” motors
5th Health
- continued to study nutrition
6th Health
- continued to study the nervous system