Saving Sam! πͺ±β΅οΈπ
Sam the gummy worm capsized his boat. Students worked as a team to get his βlifesaverβ from under the βboatβ.
Rules were that they could not touch Sam, his boat, or his lifesaver. They only thing they could use was a paperclip! Team work!
Last week, we made it rain. π§ We learned that rain creates a runoff into estuaries. Which in turn brings salt into our oceans. Therefore, salt from Earthβs crusts leads to salty waters! ππ π‘
How many drops will my penny hold?
In this experiment, students put their knowledge of surface tension and cohesion to the test to understand why the water droplets held onto one another.
This experiment quickly turned into a tournament! π
oday we used Skittles to model the protons, neutrons, and electrons in an atom. We used the periodic table as a resource to find the number of protons and electrons in each atoms. Of course we got to eat the Skittles after we were done. π€ͺ
Static Electricity & Atoms!π₯We recently started learning about atoms and the parts of atoms. Today we conducted an experiment to learn more about static electricity. We learned that static electricity is really an imbalance of negative and positive charges in objects.
My first quarter of teaching ends tomorrow.β I'm so happy to be a 5th-grade teacher. It's been a crazy, wonderful, and exhilarating first couple of months! So excited for the future!π
Today I discovered the website https://t.co/iDSE6s6tWS . It is an awesome website that has thousands of educational videos-based on categories! The videos are perfect for my students snack time. I have a feeling my students' will love the videos. π½οΈπOh, and it's free!
We have been reading Hatchet by Gary Paulson for the last couple of weeks. The 5th graders made a movie poster with their favorite scene so far. They LOVE this book and are SO excited to keep reading! π²πͺπ³
My school district will being using Canvas as their distance learning platform. Does anyone have ideas on how to incorporate the Go Math curriculum into Canvas? π