Thursday, January 29, 2009

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Take a listen to our class reading a few chapters from this exciting and adventurous book. Click "Posts" in the player to listen to other chapters.

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Thursday, January 22, 2009

Don't Despair, it's the SCIENCE FAIR!


Can't you feel it?! Science Fair "fever" is in the air!!! Below is a list of the approved topics for this years science fair. This is an individual project demonstrating how well you understand the scientific method and your ability to conduct a fair experiment. If you have any resources of where students can find ideas for questions or experiments, please leave them as a comment below. Also, if you are unsure about your experiment, I'm sure others can give you some feedback here so ask away! Good luck scientists and HAVE FUN!!!!

Topics:
  1. Electricity & Magnetism
  2. Rocks & Minerals
  3. Environments
  4. Mixtures & Solutions
  5. Weather & Astronomy
  6. Living Systems (plants and humans)

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Presidential Inauguration

Tuesday, January 20th will be a historic day in our country. Please come to school dressed in patriotic red, white and blue as we tune in to Barack Obama being sworn in as our 44th President of the United States.

What are your thoughts or feelings about this historic day?! Please leave a comment below!

Please check the link below for some extra information about the inauguration.
http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/curriculum/holidays/inauguration/inauguration.htm