Activate Your Mind

Here is a really amazing science website that features 15 interactive lessons/activities using science technology, engineering, and math concepts. It's called Edheads. Funny name, huh? 

CSI STYLE!

You can learn about different  occupations and play meaningful learning games. You can learn how to investigate a crash
scene, or design a cell phone. I just assisted in a virtual brain surgery. This is a super cool site. Let me know what you think on the Creative Writing Blog! 



P.S. Hope you are working on your game for our Recycled Arcade!

Happy VACAY!

The best part of vacation besides spending time with my babies, and not getting up early is just relaxing and becoming rejuvenated! 

I'm super excited for our Earth Day Arcade. We might have to dedicate Monday to some final planning and last minute engineering. I hope you guys are going to start making your games soon if you haven't already!
I'm making some with my son, hopefully they are not ruined by the time vacation ends! 

Here's the link to Nik and Vinny's Earth Day Blog Hope it helps get your brainstorming! If you plan most of your idea and happen to need something from our battery science kits, post it on the creative writing blog. We can work it out Monday. Enjoy your time off!

And the Winners Are...

Everybody! Everybody did a fantastic job on their water fair projects. I think we all deserve a pool party. Good thing we are going back to the YMCA next week! 

And here are the finalists from our class!





Our honorable mentions!

So proud of everybody's hard work and effort on this project!

Service Learning Project

Today was our service learning project day. The kids came to school prepared, some even with their gloves already on! We headed over to Prout park to start our clean up job. Between the two classes, the SCA, and teachers there were about fifty of us! Many hands make light work right? Absolutely. After just over an hour we were able to take a break and play in the park that we had made more beautiful. The SCA did a great job coordinating our service learning project! We were a great team and made a difference today by taking care of our earth.

Water Fair Time!

Remember the Water Fair is this Friday, the 19th. Parents are welcome to join us at 9:30. You will be judged on knowledge, creativity, and presentation. I am not giving any homework this week because I really want everyone to focus on their projects.

Good Luck!

What a Week!

We have had such a fun week, between the baseball game and our science lab today! The kids built a motor with a battery, connectors, and some other basic supplies. They tested their boats and adjusted the weight and design so that they could participate in a race. This was a multistep science, math, and engineering project. Students were having so much fun, I don't think they even realized how much they were learning! Brian and Demetri took first place, followed by Nik and Madison, and a tie for third was Hayley, Summer, Kayla and Julianna. 

Education Day at Fisher Cats Stadium

Fun times at the Fisher Cats Game!

Math VOCAB Raps

We had a blast using the apps AutoRap and Songify to review math vocabulary. Each group of three was assigned four or five words to include in the lyrics to their song. I was the the president of the record company and suggested many revisions in order for students to get their record deal... It was fun to hear how the apps remixed all the voices and lyrics. 

Here was Summer, Katie, & Logan's song about perimeter, area, and the formulas to find them.

Here's Nik, Paige, & Sam's fraction rap. They had numerator, denominator, equivalent, improper, and mixed fractions.


The other raps unfortunately, are stuck in cyber space. I used Songify and am having trouble getting an html link to them. Hopefully, soon! 

Coming Soon...

We are starting to get excited about our Earth Day Arcade, coming up April 30th! Please check out the website earthdayarcade.blogspot.com to see our inspiration and get the criteria for the project!

Also, next week we are going to the Fisher Cat's opening game on Wednesday. It was originally said that students may not bring money. However, I think that it's not unreasonable for students to make ONE trip to the concession stand if they wish to! But we have to limit it to one trip in order for everyone to have a chance to enjoy the game.