Students have been very busy in the science lab at RWS…
JK
- students studied the concepts of density, electricity, friction, and gas
- students explored concepts by conducting hands-on experiments
SK
- studied animal communication by experimenting with mealworms
- learned about various animal adaptations and created a unique animal with its own special adaptation
1st
- observed the different parts of soil (clay, sand, humus)
- learned how to test what soil is made of by doing simple tests (shake, smear, ball, magnifying glass)
2nd/3rd
- explored how plants germinate
- learned the jobs of each plant part
- dissected flower to discover the parts of a flower
- re-created the path water takes as it travels through a plant
- learned what plants need to carry out photosynthesis
4th
- worked on creating newspapers about a planet in our solar system
5th
- used microscopes to observe and draw plant and animal cells
- explored organelles in plant and animal cells and created animal and plant cell models
6th
- explored the steps of the scientific method in depth
- created, designed, and wrote their own unique experiments
5th Health
- continued to study nutrition
6th Health
- continued to study the skeletal system
- started study of muscular system