Tuesday, October 4, 2011

4th Grade Stonehenge and Spring Scales








We used the spring scale to compare the force of pulling a rock up an inclined plane vs. just lifting the rock without the inclined plane.
We all agreed that the inclined plane helps reduce the amount of work needed to move the rock! We used tables set at 10, 30, and 50 degree angles to pull our rocks.
In conclusion, we thought that the ancient people of Stonehenge may have moved the giant stones in the same way.

ALL ABOUT ME

WOW IT WAS HERMIT CRAB DAY AT CSI!

Kylie
Kylie brought her two hermit crabs. She said she likes them because they are an unusual pet. She really liked "Big Fella" and wanted to think of a new name for her brown crab. She couldn't decide between Spartan or Sam.


Nicholas

Nicholas brought his hermit crabs, too. He had five! I liked "Froggy" although the others were cool, too. Two of his had American Flag painted shells

Virginia


Virginia showed her rock collection and even let us sign our names on her rock box. She had some beautiful rocks to tell us about.
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11 comments:

  1. Mrs. KmiecOctober 5, 2011 at 8:53 AM

    I liked thislesson about acids and bases.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 5, 2011 at 10:09 AM

    I remember doing that when I was in csi as a fourth grader. My partner was Sari. We hade a blast!!! ;)

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  3. MaryOctober 5, 2011 at 12:39 PM

    I learned a lot about acids and bases.

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  4. savannahOctober 5, 2011 at 12:42 PM

    great lab

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  5. Michelle LampeOctober 12, 2011 at 5:31 PM

    Great Blog Site. I have heard a lot about the class.

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  6. Mrs. KmiecOctober 12, 2011 at 9:07 PM

    Yea! Thanks Michelle Lampe! This is the first parent post! We will keep spreading the blog news!
    :-)
    Did you see Megan on her "All about Me Day?"

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  7. Michelle LampeOctober 15, 2011 at 8:35 AM

    yes! I sure did!

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  8. Megan LampeOctober 15, 2011 at 8:38 AM

    I loved the hermit crabs!

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  9. Kay LanduaOctober 18, 2011 at 5:22 PM

    The stonehenge lesson sounds like it really got the kids to thinking. What
    an interesting topic. I admire the way you used physics in your lesson,
    Mrs. Kmiec.
    Megan, learn all you can.

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  10. AnonymousNovember 4, 2011 at 7:41 AM

    Am glad there's CSI

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  11. Mrs. KmiecNovember 11, 2011 at 1:53 PM

    Me too, Anonymous!

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Mrs. Cook and Mrs. Kmiec
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Mrs. Sarah Cook and Mrs. Janis Kmiec are the lead investigators at CSI. Mrs. Cook manages the lab lessons as well as the Science Curriculum for BISD. Mrs. Kmiec leads the technology lab investigations. Both teachers love making CSI fun, exciting, and full of learning for their students.