Kristi Van Hoveln

6-8 Science Teacher Preserving traditions, Fueling passions, Igniting futures

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How tall is that tree?🌳 Today Ss picked a tree to observe all year long. They measured the tree’s height. Then found abiotic and biotic factors outside.

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Hanging out in the lab with @NourishFuture. I’m learning so much about corn and soybeans in regards to soil, water, and plant science! Super excited to start teaching in August!

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Nature Journals. Ss completed their thankful, I wonder, and beauty nature journal! Outside learning is so important- who knew it would be so nice in November!

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How much weight can the bridge hold?

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Exploring plate boundaries to see what landforms are created by the different crusts.

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Can you save Earth from an asteroid collision? Using Newton’s Laws to help solve the problem.

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High Fives on Friday with the Bearcats!

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Exploring potential energy and the transfer of kinetic energy.

[Kristi Van Hoveln @mgsscience]

Creating and using sketch notes will help in memory recall while allowing the student to personalize their notes. To learn about the sketch note process, Ss created notes on the class rules.

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Ready for school! The 🐟 are back home! Cheeto puff, Alberto, and Luca are excited to learn this year!

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The STEMtastic Educator’s Conference at KCC by I-KAN ROE today was fantastic! We learned about using educational research in the classroom, creating dynamic dialogue in the classroom, and toured the KCC labs.

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Nature Journals. Ss made observations up close and far away. They asked questions about the plants and animals they observed.

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Ss tested what was inside of the box. Then they made models. Ss then revised their models after student feedback and more testing.

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Exploring solid, liquids, and gasses using popcorn kernels.

[Kristi Van Hoveln @mgsscience]

We read “From Here to There and Me to You”. The we built wooden bridges across the pond.

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Today was such a great day for my Ss. They were able to hear about the Greek constellations and star stories.

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Exploring elements and compounds. We learned water is a universal solvent.

[Kristi Van Hoveln @mgsscience]

Exploring analog and digital waves.

[Kristi Van Hoveln @mgsscience]

Today Ss compared digital and analog waves while using the oscilloscope.

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Drink cart today for Teacher Appreciation Week!