Fall Has Arrived!

Along with weather changes, the All-Stars have witnessed even more Chemical and Physical changes. I didn't take pictures of all of them but here are a few fun experiments we've done lately.

Puzzling Peanuts:

We experimented with different types of packing peanuts and observed what the did when they were combined with different liquids.

Some brave students tested what happened when they were combined with saliva!

Disintegrated packing peanut. Yuck!

We are now using the iPads in our class and teams were responsible with picking two different occupations and researching how that job uses the engineering design process.

Foam Gnome:

Unexpected changes in: energy and matter

Chemical change!

My brother came and talked to the class how a film maker uses the engineering design process.

Field trip to US Synthetic!

We had a great time learning about US Synthetic and all that goes into making custom diamonds for drill bits. We got to go on a tour of the factory and see each step that goes into making the diamonds.

The students got to do their own engineering activity at the end. 

Challenge: Make a tower out of notecards and tape. The tower must be taller that 12 inches and hold a stuffed animal.

We saw a lot of great teamwork and the students were doing well with demonstrating the engineering design process.

The end of First Term is coming soon. With the Holidays just around the corner lets do our best to keep encouraging our students to read and do their Homework, despite our busy schedules. Keep up the great work All-Stars!