Dry Ice and the Science Behind It

Why are so many people fascinated about dry ice? That was the focus question dealing with today's science lab. In forty-five minutes the class investigated many properties of dry ice and learned all about sublimation (going from a solid directly to a gas), that it is the solid form of CO2, and that dry ice is -109 degrees F. Later today, we used what we learned and made a batch of root beer to drink at our party. The CO2 of the dry ice will carbonate the drink all day and the cold temperature of the dry ice will surely keep it cold for us!

Breaking Yeast our of its Dormancy

Science this week involved a lab of trying to break yeast, a fungus, out of its dormancy. Through a two-day lab, students realized it takes warm water and sugar to break it out. Our evidence involved the amount of CO2 that was its waste product.

Celebrating Book Fair Week

Our class has really gone all out with being a part of the celebrations that Mrs. Fischer has set up for our school. Yesterday was "wear a winter hat day". That, along with Monday's "wear your PJs to school day" were the two days with the largest participation of our class.

Class Scarecrow is Complete

Our scarecrow is complete and set up. It is a beautiful day for the Scarecrow event.

Building Scarecrow

Last week we democratically voted for which book we wanted to turn into our class Scarecrow. We selected "Big-Enough Anna". This week we began putting all the parts together. We had 6 different stations where students build components of our Scarecrow. Tomorrow, Thursday, our annual Scarecrow Festival takes place from 3-6:00. We hope you can all join us.