Third grade scientists were hard at work today in the field of aerospace engineering! Students designed and built their own aircrafts using six different materials, then tested to see which model flew the farthest. The manipulative variable came in the materials, which were all forms of paper, included tissue, handwriting, manila, looseleaf, construction, and newsprint. First the students made predictions as to which plane would travel the furthest distance. Students reported, “my hypothesis says the tissue will go the farthest because it is soft” and “I hypothesize the looseleaf paper will win because of its it is thin and the More...
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08
Sep
2011
Up, Up, and Away!
30
Aug
2011
Lights, Camera, Action!
On Friday, our third grade class was bursting with movie stars who smiled and waved as they glided down the red carpet. Ms. Flannagan’s class put a new spin on summer reading when they created their own awards show for their favorite characters. Each student selected one character from their novel to receive an award of their choice. They then created detailed masks of those characters using construction paper and paper plates. Students each wrote an acceptance speech that their character would deliver during the ceremony. Old favorites like Amelia Bedelia and Cam Jansen received awards like “Craziest Babysitter” and More...
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