10/13/16 - 5th/6th Science Videos

Salamander Video
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/salamander-barred-tiger-predation

Frog Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMFxQsaT274

Tortoise Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok9noKCtHYM

Snake Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ODACANcE7Q

Fish Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wCVLQqxCFs

Busy Beginnings to the 2016-17 School Year

The Dakota Territorial Museum was our host on Thursday, September 29th.  We were looking for primary and secondary sources...we concluded the museum is FULL of primary sources.  The one room school house seemed to be the big hit of the morning.

The 7th/8th graders did a wonderful job organizing See You at the Pole for Wednesday, September 28th.  They led us in song, scripture reading, and prayer.  It was a crisp morning and reminded us all that fall is on its way.

 The 5th/6th graders were busy rolling cans.  If two cans are the same size, why would one roll faster? Students were required to write their procedure, record data, and then input that data into a spreadsheet to create a graph.  The final requirement was to come up with an explanation based upon the data (evidence).  All agreed it was a challenge to keep the variables to a minimum. 

The evening sunset on September 21st was gorgeous.  Fall is here!

Why Does the Water Rise?  The 5th/6th graders completed an experiment requiring them to carefully observe and write their observations down.  It was also required them to formulate an explanation as a team. 

Mr. Larry Leet from First Dakota National came into our classroom to talk about teamwork in the banking industry.  Teamwork is always important...in a bank and in a classroom.

An opening day activity was giving each group of 5th/6th graders 1 yard of string, 20 pieces of spaghetti, 1 large marshmallow, and tape and each group had to create a structure that would support the marshmallow.  The group with a structure having the marshmallow in the air the highest was pronounced the winner.  Many different designs...and not so easy as it seems.  "Marshmallows are heavy" was one comment I heard.