Science Fun for Everyone!
Today we had our in-school field trip with Science Fun for Everyone. Students rotated through 3 different stations titled, "DNA Detectives", "Storm Chasers" and "Newton's Lab".
In "DNA Detectives our students really impressed the scientist with their prior knowledge from our mini unit on genetics at the beginning of the year. They learned about the make up of DNA and were able to extract DNA from blueberries.
Next, at "Storm Chasers" students learned about all the different components that make up weather. The session started with every student that wanted to getting a turn to touch the lightening maker. Later, they observed how clouds form in low pressure and disappear in high pressure.
In our last session, "Newton's Lab" students got a preview of our upcoming science unit about force and motion. I was so amazed at their enthusiasm! They literally raced back from lunch and into Mr. Zatt's room! I was also really proud of the amount of prior knowledge they shared about Newton's laws. In this session they worked in pairs to catapult objects of varying masses into a basket and make conjectures about which objects would go the furthest based on their mass.
And at the very end they enjoyed launching water rockets!
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