Jeopardy Review

Next week is the test on plate tectonics and classification, so you may use this Jeopardy game to help you study!

Science Elective Fun

Science elective students started class today with the Leak Proof Bag experiment. They filled plastic bags with 1/2 to 3/4 full of water, sealed the bags and took them outside. Next, we stabbed sharp pencils and colored pencils into the bag slowly and deliberately. It was fun and wet, but we learned about polymers. 

 Advanced Students made a flashlight using an led, basic circuit, straws, and cardboard exterior.

Introductory students created a basic circuit to test conductivity.

Classification and Dichotomous Keys using Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Jellybeans

SCIENCE! students are studying classification and using a dichotomous key to classify species. We used this lesson from David T. Crowther with Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Jellybeans to identify the flavors of the beans before taste testing them. After, the students studied the taxonomy classification levels (domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species) and classified an animal of their choice using a foldable.

Taste test

Does it have spots or not?

Is it orange or vomit?

Using a dichotomous key

Working in partners

This one tastes like egg

Using a dichotomous key

Cataloging the flavors

Dichotomous key

Edible science