Egg Drop

Today students had to work in teams to create a device that would protect an egg when dropped off a ladder. Students were given a set amount of materials to use. They had a blast! There were terrific ideas, but only one team emerged victorious :) 

The materials and instructions...

Planning and creating devices...

Time to test their creations!

The drop...

One egg remained in tact! Way to go, girls!

Book Trailers 2014

After finishing book clubs, students had to create a book trailer for their book!  Students used the iMovie app and their creativity to come up with the trailers.  They had a great time making their trailers and worked very hard to come up with the descriptions, backgrounds, and characters.  Check them out!

  

Science Day Fun and Other Details

Today we had a school wide science day! We had the Missouri Department of Conservation come a teach the students about bees. Then we moved to a Mad Science presentation. Students were able to see fun science experiments! Next we learned about wolves from a speaker from the Wolf Sanctuary. Continuing with our science theme, in art students drew ideas of slogans to promote recycling. We watched a Bill Nye video about recycling, had a snack and wrote about what we learned, and finally explored different organisms with microscopes! It was a great day of learning!

Here are some important days to remember as the year winds down:

• Wednesday, May 14- students will have a fraction quiz.
• Friday, May 16- No school for students!
• Monday, May 19- Field Trip to the Lewis and Clark Museum and First Capital Building.  If you child has not brought in their permission slip, please send it in as soon as possible!
• Friday, May 23- Field Day.  Please have your child where comfortable, old clothing. They will be getting wet!  We are still in need of volunteers for field day.  If you would like to sign up to help, click on the link below.  Thank you!

        http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0F4FA4A923AA8-science

• Monday, May 26- No school Memorial Day.  
• Friday, May 30- Last day of school. This is half day and no lunch will be served!  Happy summer!