Now that they are living at home, there are lots of photo opportunities! They make me smile.

Choosing at home thermal energy investigations has been a challenge because most of the investigations we do at school during this unit involve fire or hot water! One of the experiments that I suggested this week after our Zoom lesson was a rising water investigation which defies gravity! Click here to learn more. Many of my students told me that they changed variables and tried the investigation multiple times. Love that they are using the Scientific Method!

Fourth grade scientists continue learning about weather online. After a lesson about air pressure, they tried two air pressure investigations. Click here to learn about a way to prank someone in your family using science.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How does the water stay inside the glass? There is no glue or tape holding the paper on the glass. Click here to learn more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Had to show you some of the videos!

We also learned about the layers of the atmosphere. Click here to learn more. Some students chose the art option this week.

One of the choices for third grade thermal energy online science homework was to make ice cream. Such a great way to demonstrate how states of matter can change. Click here to learn how to make ice cream at home.

 

First grade meteorologists are learning about extreme weather online. After a lesson about tornadoes, I suggested making a vortex in a jar. It’s one of my favorite investigations!  Click here for directions.

This is the vortex I made in the science lab last year:

If you have a milk frother, you can also create a vortex this way.

My youngest scientists are studying the pond online. Our latest lesson was about turtles. Click here to watch an informative video that we watched on our recorded Zoom lesson. Click here to learn a fun finger-play about turtles. One of the at home options was to create a turtle.

Our lab turtle, Myrtle, is currently living in my basement.

Fourth grade online scientists had the option to construct a simple greenhouse after learning about the Greenhouse Effect. Click here to watch a movie they watched.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They are sprouting!

And some planted seeds in larger greenhouses!

Online learning for my third grade scientists continued with a thermal energy unit. We began with a review of matter. Click here to watch one of the videos we watched. They had several homework choices, and many of them chose the matter experiments.

Let’s make butter and turn a liquid into a solid! So good and so easy! Click here to learn more. Click here to watch a scientist in action.

Blow up a balloon or rubber glove using science. Click here to learn more.

Second grade aerospace engineers had a Zoom lesson about airplanes. They learned about the four forces at work – gravity, lift, thrust, and drag, Click here to watch a movie about these forces. Their assignment was to fold an airplane using the Engineer Design Process – Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, and Improve. I encouraged them to try multiple designs, and to test them to discover which one flew the straightest and the furthest.