Science News
Learning about Climate Change through Virtual Reality
Escape Room
Students were challenged to race against the clock and use the invisible forces all around us to uncover mysterious codes and secrets! Our classroom became a physics laboratory where students built, experimented, completed hands on challenges, and tried to unlock mystery codes using sound waves, air pressure, light, and electricity.
Human Body Systems:
Students will investigate humans and plants through the lens of interactive systems and healthy functioning. Students will explore the structures and functions of the major systems to understand the interdependence and relationships between them.
Students will be able to answer:
1. How are both plant and human systems interdependent?
2. What are the similarities and differences between plant and human systems?
Students will be able to answer:
1. How are both plant and human systems interdependent?
2. What are the similarities and differences between plant and human systems?
Respiratory System: Pig Lung Investigation
Nervous System: Dissecting a Sheep Brain
Field Experience: Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Brain Caps:
We are so lucky to have 4 practicum students from CU Boulder join our class every Wednesday! They support the kids learning is so many ways and incorporate fun activities to engage them in Science. On Wednesday, they made brain caps that the students could wear and use to learn about the brain!
Denver Nature and Science Museum at STEM, Teaching us About Physical Activity!
Learning about the Digestive System:
Dear Family,
Our class is beginning a new science unit, Properties of Matter. We will be studying basic concepts in chemistry, finding out how materials interact with each other. Students will learn what happens when simple materials, such as gravel, salt, and water, are put together. They will also learn techniques for separating the resulting mixtures and solutions. As our studies continue, we will investigate combinations of materials, such as baking soda and calcium chloride (the salt used to melt ice on roads), that react when mixed, producing new products--chalk, carbon dioxide gas, and table salt. These are going to prove to be exciting discoveries!
Our class is beginning a new science unit, Properties of Matter. We will be studying basic concepts in chemistry, finding out how materials interact with each other. Students will learn what happens when simple materials, such as gravel, salt, and water, are put together. They will also learn techniques for separating the resulting mixtures and solutions. As our studies continue, we will investigate combinations of materials, such as baking soda and calcium chloride (the salt used to melt ice on roads), that react when mixed, producing new products--chalk, carbon dioxide gas, and table salt. These are going to prove to be exciting discoveries!
Dissolving Salt: What is the difference between a chemical and physical change?
Saving Fred: A Design Challenge
Challenege: How can you and your students save Fred using only four paperclips. You may not touch Fred, the boat, or the life preserver directly with your hands, only with the paperclips.
Mrs. Meis' 1st Period
Mrs. Meis' 1st Period
Mrs. Meis' 2nd Period