360 Dancing

Studio 214 dancing to find the circumference of a circle!

Egg Drop for Easter

          On the Friday before Easter, we did a little engineering in Studio 214 and students worked in team to create a "vehicle" to transport a raw egg from the second floor window to the ground safely!  I brought in supplies for them to use and we used the scientific method to conduct the experiment.  Students recorded all of their information and drawings in their science journals.  Every egg passenger survived!  That is the first time that has ever happened!  We had a special snack at the end of the day!

 

 

 

 

UK Player Visits CCES

A former UK basketball player visited CCES last week and spoke to the students about working hard each day and following their dreams!  He was so tall!

Student Experts- Gallery Walk

          We did a gallery walk last week in math class, where students travel in groups around the room to different stations to solve problems and work together.  It's great for discussion between students.  After we had completed the stations, the "student experts" went to their station and explained how their group members solve the problem and everyone checked their work and reflected on how they did on that target.  They did a great job of explaining what they did to solve!

KY Derby Day

We learned about the history of the KY Derby and had a dress up day on Friday!  Everyone looked so nice!

 

 

Food Web

          When we were learning about food chains and food webs, we created a food web in class, using yarn.  Each student was part of the food web by either being a specific animal, plant, or the sun, and we discussed the impact each "person" had on the web and what would happen if a piece of that web was missing.  It was a great illustration!  We also created food web flip charts, using the strategy of "Sketch to Stretch", where students create an illustration of their learning from a passage they read.  They identify the biggest moment of the pages they read and make connections.

 

 

Roller Coaster Ride!

          Yesterday, to review force and motion, we created roller coasters in science class and conducted trial experiments and created wonderings for further investigations at the end of the week!  It was a blast and more importantly, students learned that to create more speed, they had to increase the incline of the coaster!  We began by reading the book below "Roller Coasters"!