SCIENCE LAB - THE POWER OF MAGNETISM

Here we are learning about the special power that all magnets possess - the ability to hold and move other pieces of metal that they are attracted to. We learned all magnets have two poles, a north pole and a south pole. We discovered that only different poles will attract one another while same poles will repel one another. The children especially loved being able to actually feel the magnets as they repelled against one other. No matter how hard they tried, no one could get the magnets to touch!

The children loved just playing and building with magnets of all shapes.
We've worked with them many times since we did this lab. Such a great,
creative science lab.

THE LIFE CYCLE OF A CHICKEN

 Today we learned all about the life cycle of a chicken. After learning all about birds, we know that all birds have wings, have feathers and lay eggs. 

 Mrs. Schwalbe brought in some different colored chicken eggs to show the children. Best of all, she introduced the children to Sparkles, one of her own chickens!

Needless to say, meeting Sparkles was a big hit with the class!!!

MAGNIFICATION - making things LOOK big

During science lab #4, we took a look at magnification. We learned that when we magnify something, we only make the item look larger while it actually stays the same size. We discussed the different tools we can use to magnify an object. Here we are looking at a feather under a large screen microscope.

Each child was invited up for a closer view of the feather, which looked very stiff and sharp under magnification.

We spent some time looking through view masters. Everyone loved how they made

such tiny pictures easy to see.... and in 3D too! We could have looked through these all day.

Lastly,  we learned how to use magnifying glasses properly and then used them to look at the details of all kinds of tiny objects.