Sunday, March 20, 2016

Rocks

Igneous, Sedimentary & Metamorphic Rocks

Students piling up layers of sediment to build their sedimentary rocks.


Spreading layers of mud and shells onto their "rocks."

Adding "shells" from shellfish



Adding rich plant material


Applying pressure as top layers push down on the layers beneath.

Finished sedimentary stacker

Warming our hands up to prepare for creating metamorphic rocks

Before...

During...

After...a new metamorphic rock is formed when exposed to heat and pressure.

Sunday, March 13, 2016

Potential Energy vs. Kinetic Energy
 Our class was fortunate to be visited by members of the King Philip Science National Honor Society...   



To begin, members of the Science National Honor Society gave a brief presentation about energy. 




Following the presentation, our class moved to the cafeteria for an interactive investigation on potential and kinetic energy.  
































Sunday, March 6, 2016

Celebrating Read Across America Day by Reading Our Socks Off!