Leaf Veins

Thursday student categorized leaves according to the three main types of veins found on them. This transitioned the learning towards understanding about xylem and phloem, and that some tubes (veins) in plants take water up from roots and others take sugars (nutrients) made in leaves to the rest of the cells in the plant. We then set up an experiment with wheat seeds, placing them on top of a paper towel inside a straw. We are testing to see if plants can grow without soil. The experiment is designed so that no water can be evaporated and we will be able to measure how much water is being taken up through the xylem into the plants.

Rock Out!

Today was the rock finale. After coding on Scratch sounds for our electric guitar and making our cardboard guitar, we hooked it up to Makey Makeys and played some tunes. Each student uploaded their coded files from their USB drive to Scratch and got to play their original sounds on the guitars.

Beck Archery Shoot

We had 5 students show up for the Beck Family Archery Shoot. Although it is November, Halloween was only a few days ago....so we also got to shoot at zombies.