WELCOME TO FULL STEAM AHEAD!

February/March

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Farm Bureau Farm Lab is here!

Students will experience hands on science lessons in the awesome Farm Lab.  You will see it parked in the parking lot by the gym.  We are in need of volunteers to help out in the lab.  Please contact me if you are able to help out (February 22, 23, and 24)

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Kindergarten students are applying what they have learned in previous units by researching, designing, and creating an animal habitat along with an animal of their choice (made out of clay).  Students must incorporate food, shelter, and water into thier habitats.

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First Grade students have been learning about engineering design and life science.  Students are applying what they've learned about insects and spiders by designing and creating their own insect. Students name their insect, describe its habitat, and list adaptable qualities their insect displays. Students will also apply what they've learned about spiders and webs to design and create strong webs to capture various items.

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Second Grade students have been learning about engineering design and physical science. Students are applying what they've learned about biomes and what makes things sink and float.  Students are challenged to design and create a boat out of recycled materials to rescue their minion figurine made out of recycled materials or other classroom items. Their boats must float and not sink for at least 3 minutes.

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Third Grade students learned about engineering design and physical science.  They learned about force and its interactions on structures and stability.  Students are applying what they've learned by designing and creating houses that will sustain during extreme weather conditions (flooding and hurricanes).  Students will modify house structures as needed in order to withstand the flood (water poured onto their clay river beds) and hurricane winds (industrial fan used to blow directly on structures). Goal is to have dry paper houses (flood) and stable and whole houses after hurricane (fan at increasing levels of intensity).

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Fourth Grade students learned about engineering design and physical science. Students will apply what they've learned about the planets by presenting information using various forms of media (diorama, poster, brochure, video) as realtors to persuade people to purchase a home on their selected planet due to the Earth being over crowded. Students will use information from research to present to the class.

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Fifth Grade students learned about engineering design and physical science.  Students will apply what they've learned about biomes by designing and creating a biome specific animal or creating a tool to use for survival in the Amazon Rainforest using 3D software in TinkerCad.  Students will also design and create a shelter to survive in the Rainforest, map the best way to reach safety, and filter drinking water.

 SUPPLIES NEEDED!

February/March

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We are in need of:

pasta noodles (especially lasagna noodles, craft sticks/popsicle sticks, rubber bands, duct tape, pipecleaners, and paper plates (the cheap white plane ones eith ribbed edge)

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Thank you!