3rd Grade Leverage
Ask you 3rd grader to tell you how it was possible that a student was able to lift up Ms. Macaulay with just a board and brick!!!
Ask you 3rd grader to tell you how it was possible that a student was able to lift up Ms. Macaulay with just a board and brick!!!
3rd graders learned that a screw is actually an inclined plane wrapped around a shaft. Student used a screw driver to screw two different screws into a piece of wood. Ask your student what the difference is between a coarse thread screw and a fine thread screw. Which one has a longer inclined plane wrapped around it? Which one should require less effort to screw in?
We are excited about the start to a new year in science! Please check in to find out what is going on in your child's science class.
3rd grade students have started filming their weather forecasts. Once they are done, we will be sharing them with everyone!
3rd grade students are utilizing actual weather maps to create continent-wide weather forecasts. They are working in partnerships to read and translate the weather symbols across the nation and to create a script for their own weather report. Ask your child to help you translate this map!
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Students in 6S and their Grandfriends, checked-in on the bald eagle family in Decorah, IA. Here are some of the new facts that were uncovered...
According to William, humans are the most important source of mortality for this species. In fact, according to Emmet, Nick and Ashley, the bald eagle was threatened with extinction because of the pesticide, DDT, but now due to conservation, as of 2007, they are off the list.
Riya tells us that the bald eagle, native to North America, was originally bred in Central Alaska, Northern Canada, Central Arizona, and around the Gulf of Mexico.
Charlotte S. adds that they are accomplished and opportunistic food thieves and in mid-November, at least 4,000 bald eagles gather in Alaska to prey on salmon.
Nora and Arthur tell us that bald eagle nests can weigh up to 2 tons and that they are so adaptable that in one case, a couple nested on a giant cactus.
Finally, Lydia and Madison discovered that the bald eagle engages in a spectacular courting ritual in which a pair of eagles will fly very high, lock feet together, then tumble and cartwheel toward the ground, breaking apart at the last possible moment.
Here is a video of the cartwheel display...
Today marks the 50th anniversary of human space flight.
In honor of this historic day, Dr. Igor Geogdzhayev, NASA scientist and dad of Masha in 3rd grade, came in to teach the students about Earth Observing Satellites including his most recent project, GLORY.
Here are just a few of the new bits of information we learned from Igor: