December 16, 2018
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Last week, we Skyped with a microbiologist. She specializes in skin, but mostly works with the antibiotic resistant bacteria known as MRSA. Some facts about the skin are over half the bacteria in the world needs oxygen and water just … Continue reading
December 16, 2018
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Post written by Michella What do you know about air pollution? Do you know it can ruin your breathing? You can start wheezing for air because of air pollution. Air pollution is caused by gases that are out in the air. … Continue reading
November 25, 2018
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Week 6, Task 3: Video Prompts and Task 5: Two Truths and One Lie In preparation for our Skype a Scientist with Miranda Ridder, we are watching a couple of videos to give us some background knowledge and also to think … Continue reading
November 24, 2018
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Week 6: Task 4 Your task is to make your own A-Z of words relating to science. We worked on this task as a class using Fact Monster to help us with our list and definitions. A for asteroid: a … Continue reading
September 20, 2018
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By Kendall In fifth grade, we learned about asteroids, comets, and meteors. Here are some facts about them. Asteroids are in between Mars and Jupiter in something called the Asteroid Belt. Asteroids range from 1 meter (3.337 feet) to 1,000 kilometers … Continue reading
September 19, 2018
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Our challenge… To use our knowledge about gravity, motion, and the engineering process to design and build a shock absorbing spacecraft to safely land our “astronaut” on the moon. We were given the following materials to use: A piece of … Continue reading
September 11, 2018
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We have spent the first part of our school year learning about the Solar System. We learned a ton about the phases of our Moon. Here are a few pictures. Then we decided to look more closely at another planet’s … Continue reading
August 10, 2018
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By Sairia, Ella, and Hayden Have you ever thought about why we have different seasons? The tilt of the Earth’s axis is the reason we have seasons. We have hot summers and cold winters because of the tilt. It is … Continue reading