Week of January 22-26

This week, the 3rd graders learned about how the materials we used in our model oil spill relate to materials used to clean a real world oil spill. We learned about how absorbent pads, skimmers, booms, in situ burning, bioremediation, chemical dispersants, shovels, and even alpaca hair wrapped in pantyhose can help contain and remove oil in the event of a real oil spill. We also discussed that many of these materials also come with some problems. For example, burning oil causes air pollution and using chemical dispersants is harmful to coral reefs.

The 4th graders were busy figuring out how to move the robot through an obstacle course, make it draw shapes and pictures, make it move objects from one place to another, use a loop to make it go around a baseball diamond, and much more!

This team programmed the robot to draw circles.

The 5th graders had a blast dismantling technology and discovering all the circuits and parts that make it function! Then they came up with a new invention using a part of the dismantled technology. I was so impressed with the creative ideas the students came up with!