The 6th grade students have been familiarlizing themselves with the elements of the periodic table of elements. The students organized elements based on atmoic weight and number of valence electrons, and solved some periodic table puns.
Try your hand at some of the puns the 6S students came up with:
1. Used to protect yourself from the sun. __________, _____
2. You can "dig" for it. ____________ , _____
3. A code. ___________ , _____
4. What they do to a knight. ___________ , _____
5. Awesome song featuring Sia. ___________ , _____
6. Something dentists love to give kids. ___________ , _____
7. Graphite alternative. ___________ , _____
8. First place medal. ___________ , _____
9. First planet. ___________ , _____
10. Poison. ___________ , _____
11. A smart person. ___________ , _____
12. Superman's Home. ___________ , _____
13. Superman's weakness. ___________ , _____
14. President _______ B. Hayes. ___________ , _____
15. Great mathematical genius. ___________ , _____
16. Last planet. ___________ , _____
17. 5 cent coin. ___________ , _____
18. Carbon+______ = Carbon Dioxide. ___________ , _____
19. Bright color. ___________ , _____
20. What pennies are made of. ___________ , _____
21. ________ Music Awards. ___________ , _____
22. Midwestern tradition. ___________ , _____
23. What hit the iceberg. ___________ , _____
24. Found in the land of Oz. ___________ , _____
25. A brother of mine. ___________ , _____
26. What you breathe. ___________ , _____
27. What's in a pool. ___________ , _____
28. What makes your bones strong. ___________ , _____
29. Transportation. ___________ , _____
30. Type of gem. ___________ , _____
Stay tuned for the answers!!!
Last Friday, the Healthy Hunter Committee hosted a thought provoking Earth Day assembly. To begin, the HCES Green Team of 4th and 5th graders, led by high schoolers Penelope and Jenna, performed a skit on alternative energy and shared their video on solar energy. Next Steve Ritz from The Bronx Green Machine gave an inspiring presentation on urban farming and growing healthy food and healthy communities. Check out Steve and his students in these two videos.
Transferring the Pilobolus to the Petri dish.
Field of view sketches...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46739932/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.T2FsX5jv-xI
Check out this site to hear the "throaty croak" of the Southern Leopard Frog!
http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?recNum=AR0034
Today, 6th grade students heard a portion of a lecture, "A Visit to the Mushroom Planet," given at Cornell by mycology professor, Dr. Kathy Hodges. (6S will get a chance to hear this tomorrow) As part of the lecture, students got a glimpse of the weird world of mushrooms, including the largest fungus (actually largest living organism) in Malheur National Forest in eastern Oregon and my personal favorite, pilobolus! Ask your student to tell you about pilobolus.
Here is pilobolus in time lapse...
Here's an article about the Oregon fungus...
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=120049&page=1#.T2DKlzsc_io
Today we had two visitors from the middle school robotics team come and visit the 6D science class. They presented about their upcoming competition, their research/experimentation with food safety (the competition's theme) and the middle school robotics team in general! Everyone got to handle the robot!
Inspired by the lyrical work of Richard Milner, students in 6D put their research on Darwin and natural selection into poetry and song. Enjoy...
Josh...
Elias...
Eilam...
Astra...
John...
Emma T. ...
Julia...