TLC Science with Currie

This month our TLC Science has centered around animals, and weather for most of our classes. We studied penguins, polar bears, the Arctic and Antarctic environment, and snow. Some of our Upper Classes participated in The 12 Days of Science STEAM Challenges. Happy Holidays! See you in 2020.

Today, we brought some STREAM to Science- Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering and Math. First we read the book Balloons Over Broadway the Real Story of the Macy's Day Parade. We looked at the new floats for the Macy's Day Parade and did a virtual tour of the Detroit Parade Company. We designed our own floats then finally depending on the class some students made balloon animal floats or used the Little Bits Robot to create remote control Floats. It was a super day in Science!

This week, some of our classes experimented with Candy Corn. We put candy corn in mixtures with vinegar/ water, salt water, baking soda/ water and plain water to see what would happen. First we made our hypothesis then put in the candy corn. While we waited to see what happened, we watched a video too see how candy corn is made. We then wrote a summary about what happened to the candy corn. Finally, we taste tested fresh candy corn! Science can be delicious.

Last week our science classes had a fall festival with pumpkins, apples and cranberries. We counted seeds, learned about harvesting cranberries, and tested buoyancy of the fruits. Finally, we taste tested in most classrooms- pumpkin was the loser but most liked cranberries and apples. Have a great fall!

In Late- September and October we will be studying "Animals and their Habitats" in Science. Classes have already studied either Giant Pandas, Snakes, and Elephants based on their grade. Here is a great picture of an elementary Giant Panda painting and of Elephants made with early elementary. Science is fun!

The last two weeks we have been exploring our Five Senses. Some classes used their 5 senses to explore popcorn. Other classes made Texture T explorations to experiment with touch.

Today was our first day of SCIENCE at TLC! We had a great time getting to know one another. Next, we read a book that talked about what Scientists do. Then we talked about how Scientists use their five senses (seeing, smelling, hearing, touch and taste). Finally, the fun part, we used some science manipulatives to talk about what we could learn about in science using our five senses. Next week we will be experimenting using the 7 steps of the Scientific Method. I can't wait!