First Grader's Learn the Scientific Method

Today, first graders wrote a hypothesis and made some inferences about how long it would take a kernel of popcorn to pop using various amounts of oil. Some kids thought the kernel would pop faster using more oil while others thought it would take less oil to make the kernel pop. In the end we made the conclusion that we needed more data. There were lots of factors that skewed our results. So our theory was inconclusive. We learned  a lot about the scientific process and we'll keep you posted on our next experiment! But in the meantime, check out these adorable scientists!

Third Grade Prepares for Junior FIRST Lego League

Third Grade Idea Lab students are preparing for the Jr. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Lego League Competition. They are looking at hydro electric power and thinking about ways it could be used to channel and preserve water from a hurricane into safe, filtered drinking water.  

Congratulations to the Fourth Grade FLL Robotics Teams!

On Saturday, November 12th fourth grade Idea Lab students participated in the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Lego League competition at Brittany Woods Middle School. Old Bonhomme students represented our school in such a positive way by helping each other. The Brain Waves team won the 'Project Award' for their innovative ideas and presentation skills. The Tidal Waves team won the Core Values award for their team-work and gracious professionalism and the Boom-Shaka-Lake-Ahs won the 'Champion's Award' which means they did great work in all three categories and they will be moving on to the Eastern Missouri Championship Event at St. Louis Community College in January. 

 Boom-Shaka-Lake-Ahs

The Tidal Waves

The Brain Waves

First grade idea lab students using attribute blocks to solve challenging puzzles

As we prepare to become a scientist we are learning about attributes and recording the similarities and differences of a variety of attributes.

Australian skeletal drawings - Second Grade

The traditional art of the aboriginal people in Australia focused on portraying and narrating the stories of the "Dreamtime", a creation myth of the aboriginal people. some aboriginal art works depict the world around them. Kangaroos, crocodiles and kookaburras are included in these paintings. Certain paintings depict the skeletal and organs of people and animals. Student usedthis traditional art form to create their own skeletal drawings of their animal. 

Audrey - Eastern Brown Snake

Aston - Great White Shark

Owen - Peregrine falcon

Yotham - Tiger cat

Aidan - Thresher Shark

Ava - Smelt Fish

Robots! Robots Robots!

Fourth graders built EV3 robots and learned how to program them to get through a variety of mazes. They used problem-solving strategies, teamwork and math to complete their challenges.

 

Welcome to the 2017-2018 School Year!

Looking forward to a fantastic year of fun, learning and making memories with my students!    

Second Grade - Asia

Studying Asia - the art of Haiku and water color techniques.

Writing Haiku

Learning about Asia and the art of writing haiku. Students engaged in the writing process and immersed themselves in the sights, smells and sounds of nature.

Junior First Lego League

Third grade students in idea lab researched, designed a Lego board and developed a solution to a current problem. They studied the honeybee decline and looked at various habitats and problems related to the decline of honeybees. They presented their findings at Reed elementary during the Junior fFrst Lego League tournament. Hats off to our future scientist!