Last time students were in the STEM Lab, we learned all about the parts of an egg. Today, we talked about the strength of an egg shell. Egg shells are super strong from end to end. So strong....that they will hold up a 2nd grader!!!! No eggs were harmed in this demonstration! Addison, spent the day as my Lab Assistant (thanks to the wonderful Rocky Mount Foundation auction). Students then began planning to build a helmet for their eggs. The helmet is going to protect the eggs from FALLING SCIENCE BOOKS!!! Mrs. Chaney's Class Ms. Craig's Class Mrs. Levin's Class Mrs. Evans/Ms. Childress Class
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As we end 3rd quarter and begin the 4th quarter of the school year, it is time for 2nd graders to begin learning about life cycles!!! This is a most exciting part of the school year because they get to see tadpoles turn into frogs, caterpillars turn in the butterflies and eggs hatch into little chicks. So today we learned all about the parts of the egg. The parts we can't see through the shell. The parts that we are usually whipping up in the kitchen and not paying close attention to. Next time they are in the STEM Lab we will be starting another EGGcellent STEM activity! Today, 2nd grade students learned all about the Moon. We talked about the phases of the Moon. Used our "Moon Viewers" to get a view of the moon from the Earth. Today was all about understanding that the Moon does not change shape over the lunar month, instead what changes is our view of the moon. Take time to look at the Moon and talk your kids about what they have learned. Mrs. Chaney Ms. Craig Mrs. Levin Mrs. Evans/Ms. Childress |
AuthorMrs. Guckert is the STEM Lab Teacher at Rocky Mount Elemetary. This is her 5th year teaching at Rocky Mount. The STEM Lab is fully funded by the Rocky Mount Elementary School Foundation. This program would not be possible without the generous donations to the Foundation from the Rocky Mount community. Archives
December 2017
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