Science Court: The Case of the Leaking Pipes

Learning about the water cycle has been part of the fourth grade curriculum for many years. In our classroom we have an enclosed plastic model of a river valley which continually amazes everyone with how quickly the water condenses on the lid when hot water is poured inside. This year we have added a new [...]

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Weatherbug Achieve

As part of our extensive weather unit, this week the students have been working on an interesting website: Weatherbug Achieve. This is a subscription based site, but one you can access at home. On this website, you can see live webcams from areas all over the United States and read about their weather conditions. [...]

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Techsploration

“Awesome!”  ”How did you do that?” “This is the best assembly ever!”  These were some of the many enthusiastic comments made during our morning science assembly, Techsploration, with Tom Wahle. This fourth grade assembly featured hands-on activities to introduce weather concepts.  Using an egg, a bottle, and lit paper dropped inside, for example, the class [...]

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Museum of Science: A Day of Adventure

While the rest of the school was just getting ready to begin their day, our fourth graders enthusiastically boarded the school buses and headed to the Museum of Science in Boston. Once we arrived, our first exploration was the Weatherwise exhibit on the lower level. Though our time there was short, the exhibit [...]

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Weatherbug Achieve

As part of our extensive weather unit, this week the students have been working on an interesting website: Weatherbug Achieve.  This is a subscription based site, but one you can access at home.   On this website, you can see live webcams from areas all over the United States and read about their weather conditions.  There [...]

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