February 25 Agenda Message

Telemiracle Teddy visited today and reminded us about the Dance-a-thon on Friday.

There is a note coming home about next week's penny challenge.

February 23 Agenda Message

We have updated our blog and put Olympic websites on our classroom website!

www.mrsmball.blogspot.com

www.mrsmball.weebly.com

Dancing Popcorn

We did an experiment today to see popcorn dance. Before we could do the experiment we filled out our experiment sheet. We listed our materials, the procedure and then told our hypothesis or prediction for what was going to happen. We talked about our hypothesis before we started the project. The first thing we did is get our materials ready. We mixed water, vinegar and baking soda together in a jar. It created a special gas called carbon dioxide. Because we are learning about forms of energy in Science, we tried to explain how this energy was created. The carbon dioxide created bubbles. The bubbles stuck to the popcorn in the bottom and made them have kinetic energy. This energy and the force of the bubbles moved them to the top. When they got to the top, the bubbles popped and they fell to bottom. After a while there was less carbon dioxide. The bubbles started to get weaker and there was less force to pull them to the top.

February 22 Agenda Message

The poster contest permission slip needs to be returned tomorrow!!

Any old phone books can be brought to school to recycle.

A new home reading sheet is coming home.