Learning about density and getting messy!

Checking out signs of chemical reactions with our Halloween Town Mystery Cookie investigation!

Does the amount of reactants used change the amount of products?

Testing to see which household liquids are acids vs bases and how acidic or basic they are!

Testing how different amounts of acids and bases change the pH of a liquid and how to neutralize liquids. #realworldscience #savethecoralreefs

Guest speaker, Michael Morris, sharing about his career as a Med Tech and sharing with kids how learning about science applies to the real world!

Testing out our understanding of sound waves with some sound stations! #loudnoises #teacherheadaches #learningisfun

Using context clues from our Wonders story to determine the meaning of our new vocabulary words! We all love writing on the white board!

Researching volcanos and constructing them is fun!

We have concluded our thermal energy and heat transfer unit. Students tested their penguin dwellings and were successful at keeping their ice penguins frozen for 20 minutes under several heat lamps!

Making and investigating waves!

The Iron Chef Kasey Murray is cooking up some pumpkin pie Krista Schaffer and Greek yogurt Jennifer Miranda for these awesome sixth graders!

We culminated our reading of “Long Walk to Water” by getting to experience what it is like to carry buckets of water long distances. We grew in empathy today for those in Sudan, and other areas around the world, who are less fortunate than us and lack access to clean/close water!

Role play of the water cycle.