Category Archives: Science/Social Studies

The Best Apple Bobber Award goes to….

Posted on November 18, 2015 by teri.blok

Jasmine, Walker, Tyler, Gracey, and Lillian!  They designed and built the Apple Bobber that actually picked up an apple from the water!  Great Job Guys!!  The class loves these challenges and “thinking out of the box”.These 2 videos show them … Continue reading →

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Permission slip for Holiday and STEM Food

Posted on November 13, 2015 by teri.blok

Permission Slip

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STEM Shows

Posted on October 27, 2015 by teri.blok

PBS has 2 great STEM shows for kids.  The first is called Design Squad and the other one is Curious Crew.  Check them out..they loved them!!

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Family Turkey Project

Posted on October 21, 2015 by teri.blok

Tomorrow I will be sending home the Family Turkey Project.   This project is for you and your child to disguise a turkey so that he doesn’t get eaten for Thanksgiving.  You can decorate the turkey using any material you want. … Continue reading →

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Making Anemometers

Posted on October 9, 2015 by teri.blok

Do you know what an Anemometer is or what it does?  Our class does!  Using 2 craft sticks, 4 Dixie Cups, 1 thumbtack and a pencil, they had  to figure out how to make this wind speed device work.  Once … Continue reading →

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Apple Experiment

Posted on September 15, 2015 by teri.blok

In science, we have been working on our Plant Unit.  We wanted to find out if apples would turn brown if they were covered up with different materials so that the air wouldn’t reach them.  We covered them with table … Continue reading →

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Bee Keeper and Fruit Experiment

Posted on September 14, 2015 by teri.blok

 We are so grateful that the Beekeeper came to show us his hive!  There are 1000s of bees in this hive!!  We also did an apple experiment to see what happens topples that are left out for several days.  We … Continue reading →

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FIELD TRIP

Posted on September 7, 2015 by teri.blok

We are planning to go to Black Island Farms on September 21st. We will be leaving the school at 9:15 in the morning and returning at approximately 1:30. Each child will need a sack lunch, that does not need to … Continue reading →

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Special Visitor

Posted on September 2, 2015 by teri.blok

We are learning about plants this month for science! We are going to do a lot of exciting things including having a Bee Keeper come visit our class. He will be visiting us Thursday September 10. He will be bringing … Continue reading →

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Camp Google

Posted on July 23, 2015 by teri.blok

Check out https://camp.withgoogle.com/. This is an amazing site! Wish I knew about it sooner 🙂

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