Monday, March 31, 2014

Chemists Visit Strawberry!

Homework

4th Grade Math: No Homework tonight.  Enjoy the storm.

5th Grade Math:  Pages 15 &16

Sentence Structure:  Commas worksheet

Reading 20 minutes  (don't forget to record your reading in the planner)

Wednesday, Theme Day: The student council decided to hold a class theme day this Wednesday. Strawberry's theme is "balloons."  The students are in charge of planning and decorating for theme day. 

Time to Return the Binder/Portfolios from conferences.  
Thank you. 16 back, only 4 to go!

Today in Strawberry:  Chemists Anne Baranger and John Hartwig (Strawberry parents in disguise) came to Strawberry today to lead a study about chemical reactions and helping the students develop their understanding of what is happening molecularly in a reaction. 

Chemists Anne and John lead the opening discussion.

Connecting our study of the atom to molecules.

Demonstrating molecules going through a chemical reaction with students playing hydrogen and oxygen atoms.

Watching a strawberry in hydrogen peroxide.


Raw liver and hydrogen peroxide has a dramatically foamy reaction.

Observing the temperature change.

Observing a chemical reaction to liver.


Recording data.

Adding items to the test tube of hydrogen peroxide.

Observing oxygen bubbles from the liver reaction ignite sparks on a lit match.

A rainy day recess project.

Thank you Anne and John!