We reviewed lab safety (including wafting to smell), measuring volume and how to record observations with our lab partners during our chemical change investigation. Pancakes were the treat afterward! Bobcat Pride Kinard’s Connections Ashley Kemp

Another LTI started this week in Mrs. Vandeventer’s class Bobcat Pride! We created a solution of sugar and water and will observe to see what happens when the water evaporates over time. Great conversation about Nature of Science concepts!! Kinard’s Connections Ashley Kemp

Active Thinking and Long Term Investigations help the young scientists at Teresa Forsyth think critically and practice Nature of Science skills.Kinard’s Connections Ashley Kemp

5th graders at East Marion are so excited to explore their energy inquiry boxes that they just can’t stay in their seats! How many forms of energy can you find in your box? Can you name them and explain how energy transforms? Kinard’s Connections Ashley Kemp Bobcat Pride

How awesome to start my day with TWO groups of Transformation Schools admin in the same place! Mr Jacobs and Dean Smith visited East Marion 5th graders this morning. Bobcat Pride Lake Weir Middle Kinard’s Connections Ashley Kemp

What a busy day Bobcat Pride!! We closed out one LTI and write other questions we could explore as an experiment, then started a new LTI to review 3rd and 4th grade skills and played Plickers to review before the 3 day weekend! Kinard’s Connections Ashley Kemp

5th graders review SC.4.P.11.1 - how thermal energy is transferred from hot to cold until there is a balance. We saw the Second Law of Thermodynamics in action before we even know what it’s called!! Bobcat Pride Kinard’s Connections Ashley Kemp

Learning how an electrically charged object can attract and repel other charged objects can be so much fun!You should have heard the giggles in this investigation! Kinard’s Connections Ashley Kemp Bobcat Pride

College Park 5th graders practiced test taking strategies with Plickers before the district science assessment. They had a blast thinking it was a game & we didn’t have to bring out the chromebooks to review 4 quick questions! Kinard’s Connections Ashley Kemp College Park

What do you do after district testing? Interactive review sorts for prior year standards! They are having so much fun with this “game”! Bobcat Pride Kinard’s Connections Ashley Kemp

Mrs. V’s Bobcat Pride 5th graders know nature is in “balance” but is constantly changing as they play “Oh Deer” from Project WILD. Can the deer find their food, water and shelter in the environment? Kinard’s Connections Ashley Kemp

Observing the life cycle of a butterfly, using a solar cooker for hot dogs and investigating insulators and conductors on a circuit…whew! What a whirlwind two days Bobcat Pride !! So exhausting but SO fun! Kinard’s Connections Ashley Kemp

We had a lot going on this week Bobcat Pride! We investigated how forces to create our own questions to text in next weeks experiments and learned some new center games for reviewing prior skills. Kinard’s Connections Ashley Kemp

Does the mass of an object impact how it reacts to the pull of gravity? We made explored and created possible questions last week and this week we made predictions and worked through an experiment. Analyzing our data is next! Bobcat Pride Kinard’s Connections Ashley Kemp

5th graders learn how organisms respond to a changing habitat with a simulation game called Saltwater Survival. They were so engaged they didn’t realize how much time had passed! Reddick-Collier Kinard’s Connections Ashley Kemp

5th grade scientists collaborate to test the impact friction has on the distance a Jeep travels. While they wait for their turn at lab, they play review benchmark games and fill in a Nature of Science chart about their forces labs. Bobcat Pride Kinard’s Connections Ashley Kemp

How does a change in an environment affect the plant population? Reddick-Collier 5th graders use a simulation game to explore the answer! “When the water changes, the plants lose a habitat component. They start to die.” Such insightful conclusions! Kinard’s Connections Ashley Kemp

Another Long Term Investigation started Bobcat Pride this week! How does a plant respond to growing upside down? We wrote materials used, procedure followed so our investigation can be replicated and made our first observation and prediction. Kinard’s Connections Ashley Kemp

To review 4th grade life science benchmarks, we used interactive learning and journaling to help the learning stick! A Plants Life game is so much fun to play with friends and we learned so much from dissecting a hibiscus flower! Kinard’s Connections Ashley Kemp Bobcat Pride

It was a joy being in your class today!!!