We learned about our amazing skeletal system! Did you know we have 206 bones in our body! Over half the bones in our body can be found in our hands and feet. Wow! Our bones support our body, help us move, store fats and minerals, and create blood cells.
For our experiment we created an X-Ray on construction paper. We traced our hand, added in the bones and painted them with oil. If you hold it up to the light or a window, the x-ray will glow.
Some of younger students created a skeleton with pasta!
Let's learn about life cycles! Every living thing goes through stages in it's life. As a living object grows and changes, these stages are called life cycles! We will learn about four life cycles in this lesson: the life cycle of a butterfly, the life cycle of a chicken, the life cycle of a plant, and the life cycle of a frog.
Life Cycle of a Butterfly: We created the life cycle of a butterfly with different pastas!
Life Cycle of a Chicken: We watched Henrietta lay an egg (while she sang and danced)!
The Life Cycle of a Plant: We planted a bean seed in a plastic bag to take home and watch it germinate!
Life Cycle of a Frog: I brought tadpoles and a small frog to observe!
I am so excited to be back at school! To start off this year I will be traveling to each class and teaching the science lessons in each teacher's own classroom. We'll transform each room into the science lab as I visit. I have a science cart filled with fun items including my projector, laptop, and science experiment supplies! I have some surprises to bring as well!
For our first lesson we will review the rules of the science lab. After our review we will discuss the steps and recommendations of hand-washing during the pandemic. The CDC recommends we wash hands for at least 20 seconds.
After practicing our hand washing, I will have some students test out their knowledge by applying Glo-Germ to their hands. Glo-Germ is a lotion, and when applied, appears clear until an ultraviolet light makes the lotion glow. The lotion represents germs. As the students wash their hands and wash off all the Glo-Germ, we'll shine the light again and see how they did. Hopefully they washed all the 'germs' away!
After visiting the classes, we concluded that germs like to hide under our fingernails and around our wrists. Those were the spots that many students continued to have the Glo-Germ glow after they washed their hands. The students loved the Mark Rober video! Click on the image above to watch it.
