No Bones About It...Science is Fun!

This week, in science, we learned about the skeletal system. We learned, among many others, that our head is actually called a cranium, our thigh is actually a femur, and our fingers and toes are called phalanges. Phalanges is Mrs. Johnson's favorite! She just likes to say the word! For the finale of the unit, we made Pasta Skeletons. We talked about the real names of the bones as we added the pasta. How much fun!

Sharnecia is placing her cranium on her skeleton.

Look at Charles' finished skeleton!

Dwinesha admiring her work!

He should have a name, don't you think?

Physical Changes

In science last week, Miss Greenwell talked to us about the difference between chemical and physical change. She showed us a piece of notebook paper and asked us if we thought she could walk through the piece of paper. We thought about it. Some suggested we cut a hole in the middle. Well, that hole wouldn't be big enough to fit our whole body through. Miss Greenwell gave us each a sheet of notebook paper and scissors. She explained that we were all going to walk through the paper by PHYSICALLY CHANGING the paper. Look and see!

Lyric steps through her paper.

Sharnecia is stepping through!

It's still paper. The physical appearance just changed.

Shanora, Alric, and Ja'Von had way too much fun!

Science is so much fun!

Prepositions Chant

How Big Is A Foot?

During our study of measurement, we read a funny book titled, How Big Is A Foot? This book explained how different people's feet vary in length. So, how do we measure in feet? It was a good explanation for why we use standard units.

Miss Greenwell let us try to measure using our own feet. It was so much fun! First, we all traced one of our feet on a piece of construction paper and cut them out.

Charles tracing his foot

Next, we measured our feet in inches.

Lyric carefully measured her foot.

Then, we measured each other in our own feet. After we found out how many of our own feet tall we were, we converted that into inches using our measurements from earlier.

Dwinesha measures Alric using his own foot.

Brindarius, Shanora, and Charles showing their feet.

At the very end, we lined up across the room in order from shortest to tallest. We used our measurements to determine the order.