Posterous theme by Cory Watilo

What Happens When You Microwave Ivory Soap?

3/7/13

I know this is something that everyone has been wondering! 

So far, the students have hypothesized, observed the results, and brainstormed a list of questions and information necessary to gather before we can really understand WHY we got the results that we did.  Talk to your 4th grader about the experiment. 

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This is the Ivory soap before.
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This is the Ivory soap after 90 seconds in the microwave.

Here is a video of what it looked like inside of the microwave...it's pretty astounding!

 

 

Periodic Table Hangman

2/28/13
Working during Discovery Center and several lunch periods, Brian, Will and Clara (4G) developed a game that combined their love of the Periodic Table of Elements with hangman. The three students came up with game materials and a format for implementing the game with the whole class. Thanks to Brian, Will and Clara, we had a blast!

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Digestive System

2/27/13
As 5th grade students continue to study the human body, they used everyday objects to model the digestive system. Here are a few of the facts the students found particularly interesting:
-The small intestine is about 7 meters long.
-The large intestine is actually shorter than the small intestine, but larger in diameter.
-Humans have an appendix even though it doesn't serve any real purpose.

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