5th grade starts Washington D.C. Unit

5th graders learned their way around Washington D.C. by constructing a map of all the monuments and memorials. 

 

Chambers County Dive Team Visits 4th grade:)

3rd grade learns about Rube Goldberg

Rube Goldberg was an inventor who invented some pretty strange designs like the one pictured below:

 

We practiced making some of own:

4th grade's Paper Mache Fish

Student had to pick a fish and research it.  They had to learn about their chosen fish and draw the fish and fin placement for their paper mache.  

Next we add newspaper and white paper with a flour and water mixture.

Next we paint, capturing the likeness of our fish.

Science Olympiad Practice and Results....We won!!

Science Olympiad was a lot of fun and hard work.  We practiced 3 times a week after school and it paid off.  We came away with 2 medals and a ribbon.  The Top Dawgs of Eastside did a great job and we are proud of their efforts. 

Practicing the EGG DROP

Our Egg Drop Contraption

What keeps ice the coldest?

Trying different ways to keep ice from melting

Researching the best strategies

Egg drop using of straw designs

Paper Rocket building

Building tall towers

Egg drop practice

More paper rocket building

Winners included:  1st place for Mystery Powders and 1st place for Tall Tower Building and 8th place for Tennis Ball Catapult.

We are the row dressed in white :)  Over 20 schools participated.

Here's my gifted crew that was involved.