Students created a teaching tool to take home so that they can teach their parents the theory of continental drift! Barkalow Middle School #FTS4RKIDS

Fun Friday! Today students are exploring earthquakes through coding, slinkies, and online labs! Barkalow Middle School

Everyone is working SO DILIGENTLY! I love the effort, creativity and research going into these engineering projects! Barkalow Middle School

These girls designed a seismograph that required some drilling. Mr. Mayer to the rescue! Barkalow Middle School #FTS4RKIDS

Students enjoyed exploring each other's rock collections from home at the conclusion of our Rock Unit. Barkalow Middle School #FTS4RKIDS

Guided by curiosity! While learning about rocks, this 6th grade student became curious about minerals. She did an individual investigation and taught the class about the Moh's hardness scale! Barkalow Middle School

Today students get to dig for fossils! After they identify each species they will characterize the ancient environment in which that fossil existed. Barkalow Middle School

Thank you, Mr. Mayer, for bringing in dry ice from the school musical to help us better understand our carbon dioxide lesson! Barkalow Middle School

This is an unusual first day of school to say the least! I tried keeping it as normal as possible by doing my traditional "first day of school science demo"! It was certainly the best part of my zooms by far! Barkalow Middle School Thomas Smith

Our principals wear many hats these days! Today they were my students' test subjects. Barkalow 6th graders got to test the lung capacities of both Mr. Smith and Ms. Harms to help navigate the steps of the scientific method. Barkalow Middle School

Teaching has certainly been a juggling act lately! Mr. Mayer has mastered it well and I'm so thankful for the help he gives my students. Barkalow Middle School Thomas Smith

Students are showing their creativity while learning about the planets and scale models! Barkalow Middle School

Welcome back, Barkalow!! Your 6th grade teachers are so excited to meet you! Barkalow Middle School

Get ready, parents! This weekend Barkalow 6th graders are going to teach you about the process of sea floor spreading! Students are practicing with each other today using the models they made in class! Barkalow Middle School

We had a fun 2 days learning about NASA's future plans to land on the moon again! Students designed lunar landers with shock absorbers and tested them out today! #NASA #Engineering #Steam Barkalow Middle School

We'll miss you, Mrs. Kotran! Happy retirement!

Students having fun while testing the viscosity of different liquids! Thomas Smith Barkalow Middle School

Today we're finishing up a series of labs that explore the different agents of weathering and erosion! #earthscience

Tried a new "Getting to Know You" activity yesterday....a Gab Lab! Students worked collaboratively at stations to complete a science task and then a social task to get to know each other. Looking forward to a great year! Barkalow Middle School

Gastropods, echinoderms, porifera, oh my! 6th grade fossil dig under way! #barkalow #fossils