Weather Makers

Finally, it's here!  After several months of working out technical difficulties, I am finally able to show you a play written and performed by students last fall with the help of our student teacher, Christa.  Enjoy!

Meet Bob (a pendulum)

We performed an experiment with Bob.  We released the bob and observed that it swung nine times in thirty seconds.  Second we put a 500 gram weight in bob and he got heavier and it still swung nine times again.  Then we put 1000 grams (1 kg) in bob and we swung him for thirty seconds and he swung 9 times!  Wow!  I noticed it is the same no matter what.  Afterwards we had bob with no weight.  We swung bob for thirty seconds.  We started up higher and he still swung 9 times!  Finally we made it shorter and put 500 grams and bob swung eleven times.  Bob's experiment had the same number of swings until the last time.
by Z'Aira

We performed an experiment to change the motion of a pendulum.  First we released bob and observed that it swung nine times in thirty seconds.  Then we make bob heavier and bob swung nine times still in thirty seconds.  After that we made bob 1000 grams heavier (again) but we took the other weight out but it went nine times again.  Fourth we changed bob again and same thing!  Still nine times.  Finally we made the string shorter and...it went eleven times!  The only way thing we could do to change it was making the string longer.
by Maya

We performed a pendulum experiment.  First we released the bob and observed that it swung nine times in thirty seconds.  Second we changed the weight to 500 grams and released the bob and observed it swing for nine times in thirty seconds.  Then we changed the weight to 1000 grams and released the bob and observed it swung nine times in thirty seconds.  I do not think the weight matters.  Afterwards we changed the height of the bob with one weight and I observed that it swung nine times in thirty seconds again.  Finally we put the bob up and put 500 grams in it and released him and observed that it swung eleven times in the thirty seconds.  I observed that it swung eleven times when it was shorter.
by Addie

Will gravity pull two different objects to the ground at the same time?

We did an experiment to find out.  Watch and observe whether the two objects land at the same time.

Our conclusion:  It will make no difference if you use objects with different weights or sizes.

What type of blood cell are you most like?

     I'm like white blood cells.  White blood cells are helpful to the body because they fight off infections.  I'm like white blood cells because I fight off bullies and defend the helpless (the ones who can't defend themselves).  So this is why I'm like a white blood cell in real life.
              by Ridley

     I'm like blood in many ways.  Red blood cells are helpful because they deliver O2 and CO2.  I am like that because I carry messages around.  Also I'm like white blood cells because I stick up for my friends and white blood cells stick up to germs.  And that's how I'm like blood.
               by Addie

     I am like blood in many ways.  I am like a white blood cell because I stick up for my friends.  White blood cells fight infectins.  Also I am like platelets because I solve problems.  Platelets solve problems when they cover up the situation.  All these things are ways that I am like blood.
               by Sophia

     I am like blood in many ways because white blood cells fight off germs and I stick up for my sister when people bully her.  I am like plasma.  It carries food.  I am almost the same because I carry food from the kitchen to the classroom.  I am like red blood cells because it delivers stuff to the body.  I deliver stuff to my mom.  That's how I am like blood.
               by Z'Aira

     I'm like blood in many ways.  I'm like a white blood cell.  I stick up for people and I'm like a red blood cell because I deliver groceries to my mom.  And I'm also like a platelet.  I solve problems.  Platelets clog cuts.  What is blood?  Figure it out!
                by Chris

Mr. Bones is Ready for School

Drawing the Circulatory and Respiratory Systems (Life Size)

Mr. Bones

Mr. Bones is helping us to learn about the human body!