Bio-Inspired Flowers
Our class has been learning about flower parts and how they help a plant to survive. Students used their knowledge of how the parts of a plant work together to make it grow and created their own flower. Students tried to get the roots and stems working in order to show capillary action. If they plant was designed well, it was able to bring colored water up to the flower and give it a pretty look. We had some amazing designs to be proud of! In addition to the bio-inspired flower, we have been growing flowers to be part of a "fair test" experiment. We have been comparing how the environment (cold, light, water, and temperature) effect how plants grow. We have been keeping the data chart in our science notebooks to make comparisons. We also have looked at how roots grow downwards and the leaves grow up and even bend to face the sun.
Our class has been learning about flower parts and how they help a plant to survive. Students used their knowledge of how the parts of a plant work together to make it grow and created their own flower. Students tried to get the roots and stems working in order to show capillary action. If they plant was designed well, it was able to bring colored water up to the flower and give it a pretty look. We had some amazing designs to be proud of! In addition to the bio-inspired flower, we have been growing flowers to be part of a "fair test" experiment. We have been comparing how the environment (cold, light, water, and temperature) effect how plants grow. We have been keeping the data chart in our science notebooks to make comparisons. We also have looked at how roots grow downwards and the leaves grow up and even bend to face the sun.
Earthen Dam
Our class has been learning about natural resources in science. We have tried to discover which ones are renewable and which ones are not renewable, as well as how they are used to help us in our everyday life. Students put their knowledge to the test and tried to create their own earthen dam to solve a possible real world problem. Their prototypes were based on the need to secure a place that held enough water to keep fish alive and allow for fishing. You can see some of our process for preparing and building in the pictures below.
Our class has been learning about natural resources in science. We have tried to discover which ones are renewable and which ones are not renewable, as well as how they are used to help us in our everyday life. Students put their knowledge to the test and tried to create their own earthen dam to solve a possible real world problem. Their prototypes were based on the need to secure a place that held enough water to keep fish alive and allow for fishing. You can see some of our process for preparing and building in the pictures below.
Science Design Notebooks
Flying Paper Airplanes?
Most of the time making and flying paper airplanes in class is not a good thing to do, but our third graders had fun today doing just that! We have been learning about the scientific process. When it comes to kids and scientists, they both have a lot of questions. Questions are a big part of the process that helps lead to great thinking and discoveries! The students in our class had been challenged a day earlier to think about what in its design might make a paper airplane fly the farthest. They had to come up with a guess or "hypothesis" about their thoughts. Some learners said a thin plane will fly farther, others thought a thin one would. Others thought that big wings or small wings would make a difference, but some thought a small plane could fly farther than a big one. Everyone got busy to build those planes and then we threw them to see what would happen. We had a lot of crazy outcomes like, dropping, looping, curving, and soaring a short distance or a long one, but each led to a great discussion about why these thing may have happened. Everyone had great ideas and amazing planes, but Darrin had the plane design that flew the farthest in every race! Way to go class!
Most of the time making and flying paper airplanes in class is not a good thing to do, but our third graders had fun today doing just that! We have been learning about the scientific process. When it comes to kids and scientists, they both have a lot of questions. Questions are a big part of the process that helps lead to great thinking and discoveries! The students in our class had been challenged a day earlier to think about what in its design might make a paper airplane fly the farthest. They had to come up with a guess or "hypothesis" about their thoughts. Some learners said a thin plane will fly farther, others thought a thin one would. Others thought that big wings or small wings would make a difference, but some thought a small plane could fly farther than a big one. Everyone got busy to build those planes and then we threw them to see what would happen. We had a lot of crazy outcomes like, dropping, looping, curving, and soaring a short distance or a long one, but each led to a great discussion about why these thing may have happened. Everyone had great ideas and amazing planes, but Darrin had the plane design that flew the farthest in every race! Way to go class!