Today we learned how to use the Senteo clickers. As part of the process we took an informal quiz to see how we are doing with the heat unit.
Today we learned about conductors and insulators. We made a list of common ones in our science journals and did some more heat demonstrations to understand the differences between conduction, convection, and insulation. Mr. Frenzel told us a story of heat to gauge our understanding.
Heat can be transferred by conduction, convection, or radiation. We did some sample demonstrations to see how heat transferred into different objects
Please, sir, I want s'more! Today we cooked smores with the energy of the sun.
Today we labored furiously to finish our solar ovens so that we can cook stuff next week.
Bill Nye explained how heat is transferred. We started on our solar ovens.
Light test was today. Scores will be posted ASAP since Mr. Frenzel will be gone until Monday.
Today we took a practice quiz to see where we were at. Scores suggest that we are ready for our Light test tomorrow. We also experimented with the angle of reflection using smoke, lasers, and mirrors.
Today we looked at the primary colors of light (red, blue, and green) and explored how they are different from the primary colors of paint (red, blue, and yellow). We looked at different colored papers under these lights to see what reflected light looks like. We also reviewed the colors of the light spectrum (ROYGBIV).
Today we learned the how light is reflected off of a surface and how the two angles correspond to each other. We also learned ROYGBIV as the way to remember the order of the colors of the rainbow.
Bill Nye explained principles of light today in place of Mr. Frenzel.
Today we learned about three categories of how light passes through an object. Opaque items do not allow light to pass through, translucent allows some light to pass through, and transparent lets nearly all light through. To learn this we looked at a giraffe with pink underwear.
Today we learned the vocabulary words "reflect" and "absorb". We learned how the eye sees light. We also enjoyed the beauty of optical illusions.
Today we learned what darkness is and what light sources are. A light source produces light (like the sun) while non-sources simply reflect or absorb light (such as the moon, which reflects the light of the sun). Darkness is simply the absence of light. To enjoy the differences of light and darkness, we enjoyed some talented shadow puppet presentations.
Scientific Method vocabulary test was today. Scores will be posted online asap.
Today we watched Mythbusters: Confederate Rocket to find the parts of the Scientific Method. Our first test is tomorrow!
Today we built marshmallow towers by creating a plan and then testing them.
Today we used Spongebob's extensive scientific experience to practice finding the parts of the Scientific Method. Control, variable, hypothesis, and observation/inference were all addressed again.
More vocab instruction today as we learned the final parts of the scientific method. Pictures certainly interrupted our learning significantly.
Today we fiddled some more with the brown box. More experiments were done to find out what the contraption does. We found more questions that needed to be answered.
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September 2017
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