Science Review

Does everyone remember all the fascinating and fun things we learned in science this year? Let's run through a quick review:

1. Scientific Method - Using controlled experimentation to test a hypothesis. (Q: Is an experiment a failure if we find that the hypothesis is false?)

2. Pendulums - We made and tested pendulums with string and pennies. (Q: How can you make a pendulum swing slower?)

3. Lifeboats - Remember playing "Will It Float?"  (Q: What is buoyancy?  And why was Archimedes running through the streets yelling, "Eureka?")

4. Planes - We made and tested airplanes and learned how a wing works. (Q: Just what is an airfoil?)

5. Life Cycles - So much fun learning about earthworms, crickets, and lizards!
(Q: How are the adopted anoles doing?)

6. Human Body - Learning about the skeleton and the digestive system. Special thanks to Jared's mom for sending in the light box and the x-rays. And who could ever forget the model of the digestive system with the food processor and the panty hose - Yuck!  (Q: Can you still find your patella? And just what did you find inside your owl pellet?)

7. Food and Nutrition - We tested foods for fats and sugars and learned a lot about good nutrition.(Q: Are you still able to read a nutrition label?)

8. Sun, Moon, and Stars - The scale model of the solar system was fun to make on the playground. And who could resist making moon phase models with Oreos? 
(Q; Did you remember how to impress Grandma and Grandpa by pointing out a Waxing Gibbous?)