Skeleton Cheetos

Skeleton Cheetos

Today, we got to make a skeleton out of skeleton Cheetos and fill out a graph!  It was super fun! 

Fall Wonder Day

Fall Wonder Day

Leaves

Today, we answered some of our questions about leaves.  We learned why leaves change color by doing an experiment.  We chopped up some leaves, and put them in a jar with some rubbing alcohol.  We put the jars in hot water.  We put some coffee filters in the jars to see what colors come out of the leaves.  We saw yellow!   We learned that leaves are only green because the water from the tree makes them have chlorophyl!  When they can't get water because they are starting to fall off the tree, they don't make the green color anymore.  Then, you can see the real  color.   

We also made leaf rubbings, looked at leaves with a magnifying glass, and learned about colors by seeing what colors and inside black markers.  When you drop water on black marker ink it turns blue!

Robots

Robots

This week we learned about robots!  We got to play with two robots!  One robot was a BB8 droid!  We made a program to make him work.  We got to drive him on the iPad.  The other robot was an Ollie.  We got to drive it too!  It was fast!