Mrs. Randle's 4th Grade News
Monday, October 24, 2016
Fossils
Fossils are not just old bones. The students are learning that fossils are very special pieces of evidence that provide important clues from the past. By studying fossils the students are learning about animals that are now extinct, like dinosaurs. During a lesson on fossils Keira brought a rock and fossil collection for the students to look at. We will continue to "dig in" and learn more about rocks, fossils, and the earth in future lessons.
Thursday, October 20, 2016
Snap Circuits
Monarch Butterflies
During the month of September students were able to watch the Monarch Butterfly life cycle. Milkweed leaves with eggs were collected and brought to class. The students then observed the small caterpillars eating their way out of the eggs. The classes watched the caterpillars consume a large amount of leaves until they were fully grown and formed their chrysalis. Around two weeks later the adult butterflies emerged from their chrysalis. Finally, after keeping the adult butterflies for a couple of days we released them so they could begin their migration to Mexico.
Monday, September 12, 2016
Dash and Dot Robots in a Classroom Near You
My homeroom class will be learning how to drive and input codes into Dash and Dot robots. Today we simply started by learning how to drive the bots. The students found it was much harder than they expected. By the end of the year I hope to have the students entering codes that will instruct the robots what commands to follow.
Flowering and Reproduction
This year in science class we will be using Mystery Science. We have worked on two mysteries so far. The first mystery was flowering and reproduction. The second mystery was "Why do plants give us fruit?" The students have been learning the structure and function of flowers and how they reproduce. The students completed an art activity where they constructed a flower and had their bee transfer "pollen" to other flowers.
Friday, April 29, 2016
STEM Project
Robotic Arms
In December we made robotic arms for a STEM project. Each student was given straws, string, and a toilet paper roll. The students created a squid and had to make sure each tentacle would retract towards the body.
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