Late Night with Legendary Leaders

Challenge students, grades 1-5, took on the identities of Legendary Leaders throughout history on Tuesday, November 19th in the Edgar Murray Gym.  Parents and community members mingled with the Legends and asked them questions.  The guests then tried to guess the legends identities.  After mingling, the Legendary Leaders gave short speeches revealing their identities. The students did a fabulous job, and I'm proud of each and every one of them.

Invention Convention

Challenge students, grades K-3, participated in an Invention Convention. Students brainstormed problems in their daily lives, then they developed solutions to their problems. They displayed their prototypes, patent applications, and posters. Family members questioned the students about their projects at the convention.

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Squid Dissection

Sixth grade students recently dissected squid.  They enjoyed writing with the squid's ink even after they found out where the ink actually originated.

The Scientific Method

The Scientific Method

Kindergarten and first grade students are learning about the Scientific Method.  So far, their experiments have included:

What sinks and floats?
How can you turn salt water into drinking water?
How will fresh water and salt water affect Gummy Bears?

Below, students are testing items to see what floats and what sinks.

Straw Rockets

Third and fourth grade students have been experimenting with straw rockets.

How does length affect the range? How does the nose come mass affect the range? How does the angle affect the range? Students use the scientific process to answer those questions.

SCSI

What do fake blood, fake vomit, and fingerprints have in common?  They are all Labs in the sixth grade SCSI unit.  Students have been conducting experiments to solve crime simulations.

Blood Typing Lab

Fake Blood

Each student used FACES software to create a police sketch of  a classmate.

Vomit Lab

Vomit Lab

They were tempted to eat the vomit, but you can't taste your lab experiments!