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. 

5th grade Criminology Wrap Up

 

After 6 weeks of studying Criminology we put all that learned knowledge to use by creating our own Whodunnit booklet complete with suspects, crime scene, evidence, and solutions. They should be bring them home soon, so see if you can solve their crime and remember, don't jump to conclusions:)

 

 

They are ready for their new unit on Washington, D.C....coming soon!

4th Grade Fish Kits



 

4th graders learned all about parts of a fish and what they do.  Here's a song that they learned to help them remember all the fins of a fish. 

 

Dorsal, Pectoral, Pelvic, Caudal, Pelvic, Caudal

Dorsal, Pectoral, Pelvic, Caudal, Pelvic, Caudal

Lateral Line, Operculum and Gills

Dorsal, Pectoral, Pelvic, Caudal, Pelvic, Caudal

And don't forget the anal fin ;)

 

 



Students were given playdough, fins, and a numbered descriptive paragraph (no picture)  and they were to build the fish described matching up the correct fins, body shape, and tails and then check the number with the picture to see how close they followed directions.  These students did AWESOME. Check it out:


5TH grade discovers Lafayette's Criminology System

5th graders recently got the opportunity to visit the Criminology Dept. in Lafayette, Al.  We were able to hear about many exciting things that go on in the crime world and got to ask MANY questions to Detective Rollins.

Then Major Farris took us to a tour of the Jail where we learned a lot and again asked many questions!

Last, we stopped by the public library and with our newly acquired skills on criminology, we helped solve the crime of the missing lunch.