SCIENCE
Sixth graders study four units in Science. These units in order include:
Earth's Changing Surfaces
Electricity and Magnetism
Human Biology
Weather
CONTENTS BELOW.....
Pictures of Students involved in Science Experiments are below.
ANDRILL
-discover how we are connected to Andrill, a multinational core drilling project in Antarctica. (Check out the pictures included below)
EARTH'S CHANGING SURFACE
-learning about the surface of the earth, weathering, erosion, soil horizons, conservation, and more. (Check out the pictures included below)
CURRENT SCIENCE PICTURES TAKEN SEPT. 2008
We took soil samples of the ground around our school, observed it for density, porosity, and organisms, weighed it for moisture content, compared it to other samples, and made smear slides to use under microscopes to see the small particles that make up soil. We also enjoyed drilling cupcakes like scientists drill for core samples in Antarctica from below the sea floor, so we could see layers like that in the core samples.
ANDRILL
1st Semester we will discover ANDRILL. See information below.
Read the Andrill Blog site linked in the column to the left, and share your ideas and thoughts about this project.
Our Science Class will be involved in a Multinational Project this year...ANDRILL. Andrill stands for Antarctica Drilling Expedition. This project is lead by the University of Nebraska. Scientists from around the world are spending time during Antarctica's summer season drilling earth's core to discover our earth's climate history.
This project works perfectly with our first two units, Earth's Changing Surface and Electricity and Magnetism. Our classroom will be chatting with classes Uummannaq, Greenland, Naperville, Illinois, and other places around the globe through an Andrill Project Circle blog site set up for us to use in our classes. We are sharing climate information, culture, languages, interests, time zones, weather patterns, global warming concerns, and our science lessons and activities.