8th grade

What would happen if I?

Using U. beads, the students came up with their own purpose and hypothesis and procedure. 

Inquiry based science! You go Class of 2014!

4th grade Making volcanos erupt

After sculpting their own volcanos from clay, it was finally time to add some baking soda and vinegar! Messy fun, but also learning that gases help move lava up out of the vent.

5th grade SF Public Utility presenter - Save Our Bay

We had a great guest speaker come to our 5th grade science for 90 minute presentation.

The students reviews the Water Cycle - evaporation, condensation, precipitation, accumulation.

They learned how bay water pollution has occurred through many decades and continues.

Hopefully they will truly work on their pledges to be a Clean Water Hero.

Doing the Water Cycle Boogie

Reading parts from a skit depicting the years of pollution....

6th grade comparing mineral densities

By finding the mass and dividing that number by the volume, students explore finding the densities of various minerals.