It was a chilly, rainy and damp day but we had a blast at
Duntroon Highlands. Luckily we were able to conduct all of our experiments indoors.
AIR AND WATER
The boys are trying out some old school laundry and enjoying it!
It's amazing how many students really enjoyed the laundry and wished they could do
laundry this way everyday, personally I'll stick with my front end loader.
Camden's Mom leading an experiment about oil spills and pollution in the water. How does it affect marine life and birds?
Max's Mom helping us learn about wind and weight.
Mackenzie's Grandma help us with our waterwheel experiment.
Water was poured through the top, the barrel spun, the spinning action would raise the washers on a hook. Ashawnee's making sure the washers are set.
How do we get water? Digging a well and learning about underground water.
Ellie's Grandma helping us learn about fog, condensation and wind. Creating frosty clouds!? How did that happen?
Wind and direction
Warm and cool water, pressure
Look what we can do!
How clean is that water and air?
Lara's Mom helps us screen it and magnify what
is on the coffee filter, then vacuum up an air sample and magnify that too.
MOVEMENT
Jim gives us a lesson (review of lessons from Mr. Kemsley)
on levers, pulleys and movement.
At my station we "raced" cars on different surfaces (wood, plastic, carpet, sand
paper, sponge) at different inclines. We made predictions about speed, friction and inclines.
Building their balloon and toilet paper roll cars was definitely a highlight of the day.
They couldn't wait to show Mr. Kemsley and I promised them races when the front foyer is available (it's surprisingly busy there).
Sylvia is ready to test our her car.
Some more racing- on vinyl, paper and a shingle.
