Sep 02 2009
Hands on Learning
Welcome back to our blog! I love to share what we’ve been doing in our class lately. Today I will focus on science. We are using the FOSS (Full Option Science System) kits and our current unit is Variables. The students love working in various groupings, exploring what effects changing one variable at time, will have on an outcome. In the picture to the left, Migo, Angelica, Ridge and Tomer are investigating how many coins (baht) will it take to sink the paper ‘boat’. Students record their predictions and results.
Stay tuned for more snippets of our learning. Thanks for visiting!
Miss B.
I do love science, it is such a interesting subject!! So many things to explore & enjoy.
Hello,
I’m so glad I found your blog. My class is also learning about variables and doing some experiments in class. Right now, we are using an online program called Gizmos (www.explorelearning.com) to create simulations that allow us to zip through time really fast and see the effect of light on plants, or water on plants or changing the seeds but leaving other variables the same.
We are a 4th grade class in Boca Raton, FL USA. I teach science, social studies and writing and our class blog will be used to share lots of things we do. I’m looking forward to learning more about your class. I invite you to visit our blog too. Perhaps we can learn from each other.
Good luck this year!
Mrs. Kolbert
http://weblogs.pbspaces.com/mrskolbert