The Upper Montessori students will be spending time this fall learning about energy transfer. Studies will focus on heat energy, electrical energy, and magnetism. We started today with an investigation into heat energy. Today a note was sent home explaining some of the activities we will be doing over the next few weeks. On the back of the note are several "at home" activities, including the steps necessary to make a solar cooker! You will occasionally see our science worksheets. We do these with many of our activities in order to practice working through the scientific method, as well as learn how to properly record scientific data or work through problems. Most of these are used to work through problems, not necessarily to record a right and wrong number. You may also find that we don't answer every question.
We have also been doing plant or animal research. Students started this work last week to practice and refine their research skills. They were given the task of pick their own research topic and let loose in the computer lab! It was exciting to watch so many seasoned researchers know exactly where to begin! From here students will continue studying the animal kingdom throughout the year, learning about animal classification.
Over the next few weeks students will begin a Biomes project. We will do the preliminary research and work at school. They will then (next week) begin building a diorama of their biome as a homework project. More information will follow later this week. Each student will need a shoebox at home to make their biome. They may "raid" my supply cupboard for diorama supplies but should build their model at home. We will feature all the biome dioramas at a classroom biome fair! *Students will bring home information about this project later this week.
Kids InfoBits: Excellent research site!
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