Of course we all know Newton’s Three Laws of Motion (inertia, momentum, equal and opposite reactions) … right? Our students know them now thanks to Marble Rollercoasters! Using foam pool noodles, marbles, and toothpicks we designed and built Marble Rollercoasters complete with drops, curves, loops, and jumps. In […]
Daily Archives: October 22, 2016
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We all use batteries every day. Cars, phones, toys, TV remotes, and especially XBOX controllers wouldn’t work without them. But how do batteries actually work? Did you know you can make electricity from a potato? Although generally skeptical at first, all our students soon realized that it […]
In our after-school program we are studying ecology and the world around us. When we spent the afternoon outside on our “Creepy Crawly Critter Scavenger Hunt” we discovered that there are many interesting and exciting insects all around us, even in the fields behind the school. After that we created worm boxes — […]
As part of our continuing focus on water conservation, we helped our students understand the importance of caring for our watershed. In these sessions our students built models of a watershed — complete with hills, valleys, streams, lakes, and waterfalls. Then they simulated rain and watched what happened to both solid […]