Mrs. Denton's Third-Sixth Science
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Fourth graders are dissecting flowers.
Third graders are determining the identities of five different chemicals and burning them to see what effects that will have.
Mrs. Denton obtained a young calf heart to display to her elementary science students. The top of the heart had been removed to make it easier to see inside. Each student had an opportunity to examine the inside of the heart and to don a rubber glove and actually place a finger inside a deep ventricle.
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The sundial is the oldest known device for the measurement of time and the most ancient of scientific instruments. Elementary science students recently made a sundial and, using a compass to point to true north, determined approximately what time of day it was.
Grade students demonstrated PB&J Geology by building rock cycle plate boundaies and strata with slices of bread,
peanut butter, and jelly. Raisins were used to represent fossils. To top off the lesson, students got to eat the sandwiches!
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Fifth Graders set up terrariums and aquariums.
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Students created a model ecosystem by connecting a terrarium and aquarium.
This model ecosystem (ecocolumn) contained both living and non-living elements.
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The Third Grade class modeled volcanoes from clay. When the models had dried,
they used chemical compounds to make the volcanoes erupt.
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