In the Science Lab this month, Kindergarteners are learning how to prepare for changes in the weather. FIrst graders are making constellations, and I did a star lesson with them inside our Starlab portable planetarium, always a special treat. Second graders have been testing the properties of water and things that sink and float. Third graders have been learning about extreme weather, and are designing weather-proof homes. Fourth graders are transferring sound energy through string telephones and electrical energy through circuits. (We use Snap Circuits.) After learning about the dangers that endangered species face, fifth graders designed solutions to help them. Sixth graders modeled how atoms combine to form molecules, and how molecules can form crystals. We’ve been very busy scientists.
The weather has been changing this month, and the leaves have been turning colors and falling. When someone starts paying attention to the natural world, and experimenting with it, they are a scientist. Piling up some leaves and seeing what happens when you jump on them? That’s science. Putting out birdseed and noticing that different kinds of birds are around in the cold weather? That’s also science. Noticing a grasshopper during the fall garden cleanup and observing it for a while? That’s *definitely* science. Laurie Berkner has a great song about What Falls in the Fall? ; we’ve been singing it in Kindergarten. This is a great time of year to look for changes in the weather, and how those changes affect our world.
In the Science Lab this month, Kindergarteners are learning how to prepare for changes in the weather. FIrst graders are making constellations, and I did a star lesson with them inside our Starlab portable planetarium, always a special treat. Second graders have been testing the properties of water and things that sink and float. Third graders have been learning about extreme weather, and are designing weather-proof homes. Fourth graders are transferring sound energy through string telephones and electrical energy through circuits. (We use Snap Circuits.) After learning about the dangers that endangered species face, fifth graders designed solutions to help them. Sixth graders modeled how atoms combine to form molecules, and how molecules can form crystals. We’ve been very busy scientists.
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