The 6th grade science class successfully completed their balance beam project last week. We went though the process that engineers and scientists would use in problem solving. The students brainstormed questions pertaining to the installation of the balance beam. This process include opening the packaging, planning the digging and setting up the balance beam. The 6th graders did a great job on this project. 

The 7th grade science class has been working on understanding earth's atmosphere and it's weather patterns. It was handy to have a real life example to use with last weekend being balloon days in Creston.  We also did some background on heat transfer and the behavior of liquids and gases. One of the highlights was when the students were challenged to make a "density column" with colored liquids of different densitys. Ask your child how theirs turned out!

The 8th graders have been working on energy transfer and transformation within a system. They really seemed to be gaining a great understanding of energy transfer. They are a sharp group. One way that they demonstrated understanding was through the use of Yo-Yos. They each did a small group presentation on Yo-Yos and the energy transfer in the system. We capped it off with a Yo-Yo challenge. Each student was asked to learn a Yo-Yo trick. Some had more success than others, me included. LOL!