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 […]
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In many of our activities we encourage students to create and construct projects (primarily using recycled materials, of course!) that demonstrate the science they are learning. As part of this we reinforce the Engineering Process: Design & Identify needed materials Construction Testing Modifications/Improvements Communication of results
At our After-School Enrichment program at John Muir Elementary, we recently had a great time playing … I mean learning … about dry ice and how it sublimes directly from solid to gas. The kids got to put the dry ice in a tub of water (using protective gloves, […]