For 5th Hour longest distance winners were Eva G. and Kayel M. with a distance of 30 meters with their large "pillow" styled balloon. 6th hour long distance winners were Emerson S., Brooklyn H. and Nathan T. with "The Flash" traveling a distance of 20 meters. Congratulations!
Students worked hard designing, building, testing, and redesigning their Hot Air Balloons. Their challenge was to design a balloon that could travel at least 8 meters. It was fun watching them work together and trying to figure out why the balloon would perform a certain way when they would test it. I challenged them to try and break the 2012 and 2013 records. Even though they were unable to beat them, many groups were able to at least get close to the required 8 meters. For 5th Hour longest distance winners were Eva G. and Kayel M. with a distance of 30 meters with their large "pillow" styled balloon. 6th hour long distance winners were Emerson S., Brooklyn H. and Nathan T. with "The Flash" traveling a distance of 20 meters. Congratulations!
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8th grade students are learning about atomic structure and the periodic table. With this unit students will need to learn the 44 Most Common Elements and their symbols. There are several games posted here to help them practice. I love working with the kids to help the unravel the beauty of the periodic table!
These videos show how exotic species introduction into an ecosystem can effect the populations of the native species.
My 7th graders are studying Ecology. In order to investigate the relationship between biotic and aboitic factors, we took a mini field trip to the O.W.L. Site across the street from Cottonwood Elementary. Student groups were able to choose the area of the site to explore. They measured off a 3 meter by 3 meter area and identified different organisms in that space. Many of the areas investigated offered clues to different larger organisms that might frequent the area. It was a lot of fun to explore and look at the site through the eyes of an "ecologist". |
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