Thinking Back on Science...

A LOT of learning was done during our Science Unit.  Although we're done with the investigations, there's still just one last bit of learning, and it's an important one.  Tonight's home learning is to reflect on all the thinking and discovering and questioning and learning you've done over the last few months.  In other words, it's time to METACOGNATE!

Here are some questions to get you thinking!

What new skills have you learned?

What did you learn about working together with lab partners/groups?

What worked and what didn't work for you?

What connections did you make?

How was your thinking pushed?

What did you enjoy and why?

Would you have done anything differently?
Favorite experiment?  What made it so gooood?
Least favorite or most difficult?  What did you learn from it?
Was there anything you could've improved on?
Questions you still have unanswered?

Sweet!

Science can be pretty sweet!  

Who'd have thought there would be so many chemical reactions happening when you busted out your apron and a few chocolate chips.

For more entertaining videos, head on over to The Kid Should See This!  Thanks to Alexa's mom for reminding me of the awesome website.

Headed to the Science Center!

What an adventure today was!  I don't know if our favorite part was playing around in the Kinetic Garden or making cotton candy or boiling our solutions to make lollipops or just hanging out with friends.  Thanks to Mrs. Havens, Mr. Thomas, Mrs. Chua and Mr. Surrency for all their help with our kids.  Have a look at our pictures to see the fun we had on our trip to the Singapore Science Center!

Science Rocks!

Playing Around With Rock Candy

Saturation, solutions, supersaturated solutions...is it all a bit confusing?  Check out this video on how to make rock candy which may help these concepts sink in! 

In Honor of Harrison...

Don't get these 14 little pandas confused with stuffed animals.  These little babes are for real.  Want to learn more about these little cutie pies?  Read this article from National Geographic.

The Science Guy

Bill Nye, he's a smart guy.  He's a silly guy.  He's the Science Guy!  And boy does he know science.  Have a look at his Chemical Reactions show and have a go of some of his experiments.

Science Rocks!

It looks like heaps of fun has been had in Science Lab lately!!  Check out some footage from your 
Yeast Respiration experiment.