5th grade's PicCollage

5th grade

Using PicCollage, the students create informative collages about Mollusks.They also explore the apps many enhancements to create fun and attractive collages. Science, Technology AND Art! Go Broncos! Super work 5th graders! Keep it up.

Look for some of them to be posted soon!

7th grade

The Big Squeeze

Our stomachs are a muscular pouch. Students simulate mechanical digestion.

8th grade

Balance and classifying equations!

7th grade

5th grade checking out the results!

So the iodine MUST have gotten into the bag - it turned the cornstarch purple black. So the Baggie acted like a cell membrane, it let some molecules in (like the iodine) but no water molecules cause there wasn't any water in the sealed bag!

Jewel and Zhari work together to find the "nucleus" - a marble,

Kevin and Angelo start to open the bag....

Matt is always my brave soul. Dives right in and gets the "nucleus" out! 

Ale making observations.

Check out this table - everyone is working - observing, recording data - it's great. They are BEING AWESOME!

Thank you 5th grade for making a messy lab fun and clean up a breeze.

Please remember that the cell membrane controls what goes in and out of a cell!

And that iodine turns purple ism black in the presence of a starch.  On to more adventures....

6th grade sharing the Pic Collage

Utilizing the Pic Collage app, the students found pics of three different types of volcanoes and pyroclastic flow.

Here are a few of the results. Way to be both creative and informative!

 

4th grade

Learning about the properties of water. One of many properties is water's ability to dissolve most  substances.mwhich is why it is called, " the universal solvent". 

Students also learn what is a  mixture. 

6th grade

LoLearning about the gases in magma, students are simulating by building models and observing the effects of baking soda and vinegar with raisins. What happens?

Lots of bubbling, and raisins bouncing around...oh and mess and screams - but hey, it's science. And science is messy! Great job today 6th grade..let's see what happens Tuesday.

We can compare and contrast!

5th grade

Working on the cell still! Making models of the cell membrane. 

What will happen if we place a Baggie filled with cornstarch and Knox gelatin in an iodine solution?

Following instructions and being sure to label the containers. Good work Clark, Ciarra and Zachary.

Kevin and Ethan mix in the cornstarch with the gelatin!

Lorenzo is looking intently at the mixture!

6th Grade VOLCANOES!

Please finish your Quizlets by Wednesday Dec. 4th.

Here are the extra words AND pics of the volcano posters in the room.

5th grade Gardens for the Environment

What a GRRRREAT Fieldtrip - thank you to the SF Environment for providing the opportunity for our students to learn so much in three hours. From rainwater harvesting to composting to making salads with yummy organic ingredients, it was a super day. Thank you to Mrs. Torres and Mrs. Cristobal for chaperoning.

Learning the rules of respect: each other, the plants, other people and the tools.

Joshua and Zhari -TEAMWORK! Sifting put the twigs and sticks to get to the nutrient rich compost.

Good job Mayel, Francise and Gianna - using pitchforks to get out the compost.

The competiton is all on as the students weed out oxalis that compete for soil nutrients and water in the GFE. Mayel, Ethan, Ciarra, Rei, Nathan and Matthew. 

Using wheelbarrows and pitchforks to gather compost to cut into smaller pieces.