Saturday, March 26, 2011

Civilization





Students read the story "Weslandia". The main character, Wesley, is tormented by his classmates. So Wesley decides to create his own civilization. After the students see what he has accomplished, he no longer is an outcast. In the pictures the students are making their own civilization. Some of the things they had to decide on were landforms, money, government, housing, clothing, food, games for pleasure, and how to make money.




Monday, March 21, 2011

Saturday, March 19, 2011



Off to the Races


Students used magnetic wands and other kinds of magnets to find attracting and repelling sides of magnets. Using their understanding of magnetic poles and problem-solving strategies students were involved in a car race.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Websites used in "Special Effects"

Students Creating Special Effects








Students worked on magnet centers all week. Some of the things they learned were: 1. Every magnet has a north and south pole. 2. Magnetism can travel through air. 3. You can temporarily magnetize magnetic metals. 4. Energy from a magnetic field travels through solids. 5. Energy of a magnetic field can travel through water.