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Seventh Grade Invention Convention Projects
Our seventh graders are amazing inventors! They spent three months brainstorming problems and coming up with a solution in the form of an invention. Then they researched the patents of different, related products, made and tested a prototype, and created … Continue reading
8th Graders Test Science Projects
Eighth graders conducted tests on their fellow students and teachers in the testing phase of their three-month long science projects. Frances Chick, our newly hatched chicken, is eagerly awaiting the results of the tests!
Sixth Grade Truth in Advertising Projects
Sixth graders spent three months testing a product to see if if lived up to its commercial claims. Here are a few of the fabulous projects that resulted from this inquiry.
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Mesa College Canyon Day
Middle Schoolers visited Mesa College to see the exhibit of their work for Canyon Day. Campus Ambassadors gave them tours of the campus.
Amniotic Eggs
Students learned about the wonder of the evolution of anniotic eggs — eggs with a shell and an amnion, a membrane to support the embryo’s life. We incubated chicken eggs, dyed eggs using vegetable dyes from our school garden, and … Continue reading
Vertebrates
Students of all ages learned about vertebrates — animals with backbones — by building backbones for imaginary animals, examining real animal skeletons — such as the vetebrae of a grey whale below — making fish prints with a tilapia, and … Continue reading
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Invertebrates Visit the Science Lab
Students got up close and personal with a variety of invertebrates in our Animals and Plants unit to get a better understanding of animal evolution and invertebrate characteristics.
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Field Trip to SDSU Evolutionary Biology Lab
5th and 6th graders visited SDSU Professor, and TCPS parent Dr. Elizabeth Waters’s biology lab to learn Dr. Waters and her graduate students study how plants adapt to low-water, high-heat stress. We visited her lab, growth chambers, and green house, … Continue reading
Tecolote Canyon Animals and Plants
Students in all grades have visited Tecolote Canyon to look for signs of animals and the plants they depend on. As part of our Animals and Plants units, we are looking at the relationships between animals and plants. In middle … Continue reading
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