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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!
Making Sound Waves — Musical Instrument Engineering
Students in all grades have been studying the science of sound — acoustics — and learning how sound waves are produced by vibrations. They experimented seeing, feeling and hearing sound waves. Then they created musical instruments and explained how they … Continue reading
Gum Ball Sorting Machine Engineering Project
Middle School Students followed the engineering process to invent and create machines that can sort gum balls according to size. First they identified a problem — to sort gumballs by size — then they brainstormed solutions, designed, built and tested … Continue reading
Rube Goldberg Machines — Complicated Machines with a Simple Purpose
At the end of our Simple Machines Unit, students made Rube Goldberg Machines — impossibly complicated machines made from many simple machines, with a very simple purpose.
7th Grade Invention Convention and 6th Grade Truth in Advertising Projects 2011
6th Graders worked on their Truth in Advertising product testing Projects and 7th Graders worked from January – March to create inventions for the Invention Convention. Here are the amazing results!
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Current Electricity and Circuits Photos
1st – 5th graders made circuit bugs, while Middle Schoolers explored circuits using our new FOSS spring board electronics kits.
Electricity and Magnetism Unit Summary
Between March 13 and April 24, the Science room has turned into a laboratory for the study of electricity, magnetism, and electronics. We began by learning what electricity is — moving electrons. Static Electricity — We spent a week playing … Continue reading
