Equations Club Compete at UMSL

Look at all the happy mathematicians that competed in the Gifted Resource Council's Academic Challenge Cup at the University of Missouri St. Louis. Great job to all the teams that participated and congratulations to the team We=MC Squared for winning an award for the Most Creative Team Name.

Learning about Latitude and Longitude

Second and third grade Idea Lab students are learning about longitude and latitude. They put together this giant map and walked the longitude and latitude lines to find A variety of European countries. Each student is researching and learning about a specific country. Stay tuned for pictures from our European Cafe. We will transform our classroom into a European Cafe and invite parents to join as as they relax and learn all about Europe.

Congratulations to OB's FLL Robotics Teams!

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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.