SLEUTh Academy

Fifth graders have begun their unit on Energy. In keeping with the “going green” theme, we discussed nonrenewable and renewable energy. Solar energy is the theme of their classroom activities and we will address that in Science Lab following our electricity unit. Practice building circuits online here: Changing Circuits
Fourth graders are taking [...]

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Happy New Year! After our little celebration on WNEST for the Winter Solstice just before break on Dec. 21, we are ready to link some of what we’ve learned into a brand new unit. Our new unit in Science Lab is what I’m calling “Our Planet Earth: Time and Place in Space”. [...]

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Kindergartners through 3rd graders will be learning all about variables and controls using Galileo’s pendulum experiments. Galileo was an amazing scientist who lived from 1564-1642 (that is a LONG time ago). Because of his astronomy work mapping the sky (he invented one of the first telescopes) a table is named for him [...]

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We have started our new unit I’m calling “Travel, Transportation, and Time”. In this unit we will address all the standards in force and motion and energy while relating them to our place in space (Earth and space sciences). I will be adding links here to great games and videos that are available [...]

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This year in science we will always be linking the science we are learning to the “real world” while covering all the science standards. All the activities we will cover in this unit will be related to hurricanes (while also learning about matter, energy, force & motion, and processes that shape the earth - [...]

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