What liquid flows the fastest? What liquid flows the slowest?

Today in science we observed the speeds of different liquids. We placed a small portion of honey, dish detergent, mustard, and ketchup on a piece of cardboard and then observed them with our eyes. We hypothesized the liquids we believed would flow the fastest and the slowest based on their consistency.

For example, we noticed that the dish detergent seemed rather watered-down and would therefore probably be quite speedy. The honey was much thicker and would probably flow slower as a result.

Look at our pictures for the results!

Another fabulous poetry reading by a 7th Age student!

Some videos for you all to enjoy! Have a happy Monday!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYAUazLI9k





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMj3PJDxuo

We had our second poetry reading of the year today in my 7th Age Reading class. Poems were sent home on Monday to practice, and were then read orally today. We are working on speaking in a loud, clear voice to our audience. Boy was I pleasantly surprised when some friends chose to MEMORIZE their poems! I am proud of all of your hard work, 7th Age!

A special scientist visited the 7B scientists yesterday! It was a real treat! Dr. Kolodkin is a scientist at the department of neurobiology at Johns Hopkins University. We were greeted with a discussion about the brain- and were even given our own vile of fruit flies to observe throughout class! He brought in two microscopes. We looked at slides of the neurons inside of a fruit fly and a monkey brain- it was fascinating! Thank you, Dr. Kolodkin, for your special visit! We enjoyed this time with you!

The 7th Age is learning about mixtures in science. A mixture is two or more different things put together. To portray this, I showed the class a beaker containing a tennis ball and some marbles. What two solids are present in this mixture? Why of course- the tennis ball and marbles! I then poured water into the beaker. What happened? The girls observed that the tennis ball floated and the marbles sunk. This is because when you mix solids with water, some objects will float, and others will sink.





After a group discussion, each scientist worked in pairs of two or three to investigate what sinks and what floats in water. Some items we used for this experiment were:
a coin
a straw
a colored disc
a piece of styrofoam
a sponge
a bean
a paperclip
a blown up balloon

Here are additional photos of the girls hard at work! We had fun performing this experiment!

Today the Pilots worked in pairs of 2 at stations, where they practiced and reviewed many skills.

Group #1 wrote letters to a friend or family member. They had to include the word DEAR at the beginning of their letter. Take a look at the first picture where this letter begins: Dear Harrison, Sorry we didn't..." (Obviously this was a letter of apology.) Another boy wrote a letter to his mom, telling him how much he loved her. The students could decorate their letters when the writing was complete.

Group #2 took turns creating words in the /UT/ family with magnets. After a new word was created, each student had to write down this word on their dry erase board. Many new and fun words were created! Take a peak at the second and third pictures for an example of this.

Group #3 practiced filling-in-the-blank in these 2 sample sentences with Go Fish: "I see a (blank)." and "This is a (blank)." Take a peak at the video here of the student reading his sample sentence.

Each group was able to rotate to each station once- we had a lot of fun!! Keep up the great work, Pilots!

This morning the 6th Age celebrated the end of March Madness with yummy snacks in the cafeteria! Nice job reading this month, and keep up the good work at home!!

Love, Mrs. Armstrong

The 6th Age Readers have been busy reading during March Madness! In the beginning of the month each student set a reading goal- how many books could they read? I am excited to announce that many friends exceeded their goal, and as a class we read a total of 553 books! WOW! The students have tracked their progress by bringing in a gold coin for each book read. Here are some photos of many gold coins accounted for this month. Congratulations, 6th Agers! I am so proud of all of your hard work! Tomorrow we will celebrate!

I went to Chicago with my best friends over spring break! We stayed on the Magnificent Mile, where there is lots of shopping. We even went to a jazz club and listened to the music of the Patricia Barber Quartet. Can you believe the weather was breezy and sunny? We had a fabulous time. Here are some photos for you to enjoy.