The
Randall Elementary School fourth grade afterschool Science Enrichment program
is from March 5 - April 30.
The
first lab, students conducted a science unit on OOBLECK. OOBLECK is a
mysterious substance that, at times, acts like a liquid, while at other times
acts like a solid.
Students
discovered the properties of OOBLECK while making literary connections.
Students held a scientific convention to discuss and analyze their findings,
where they refined communication skills.
Lastly,
they became engineers and designed a spacecraft that can land successfully on
an ocean of OOBLECK and then take off again without getting stuck.
The
second lab the students will become "CSI" investigators. Student
detectives will conduct many hands-on forensic science tests on evidence found
at a fictional "crime scene." Any one of these tests is interesting
and powerful in itself together they add up to a powerful and motivating
experience that the children will remember for years.
Thank
you to teachers Dana Hale and Stacy Burns for running the Science Enrichment
program.
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