Lights!

Today we started a new science unit on electricity.  We enjoyed trying, and I repeat trying to run a circuit to make a light bulb light up.

Science Presentations

Ruby did a great presentation on caves.  She showed us this neat virtual tour of the Oregon Caves.

Tornadoes

Many Projects...

This video was made by Tim M. tonight.  Great job!

Cracking our geodes!

 

Discovering what they look like under the microscope.

Learning stop animation.

Beginning of play dough set for water cycle animation.

Editing a video.

Working on our music video.

Working on science PowerPoints.

Science Presentations

Excellent job on your science presentations.  Everyone is improving!

We've been studying the solar system.  All the students picked out a topic on the planets, moon, asteroids... and made a PowerPoint on them.

The following presentations were presented very well, and the slides were excellently laid out.


*You may notice that there are few facts on the slides, this is because the students had papers of their facts so that they wouldn't be reading off the screen.
**Also, to be able to post these I had to make them a movie.  You may click pause at any time to allow more time to view the slides. 

by Joe

by Tim M

by Michael

by Juanita

Star Gazing

Our class went star gazing tonight.  It was neat to see the full moon and Jupiter with three of its moons.

Viewing the star apps with Mr. Waters

Looking for Jupiter

Looking at the moon

Of course, we can't be without s'mores 

Science Videos

Here are the first two of the class' science videos they are currently working on.

Planets, Planets, Planets!

In science, we are studying the solar system.  This week we started painting the planets to make a complete set of the planets.  Soon, we are going to make the larger planets and sun by paper mache.

Creation

We've been studying the creation.  The students were divided into two groups and made the following videos.  Check back tomorrow to see Davis and Clark's video and to vote on your favorite. Please post comments on how the students can improve in their video techniques.


by Clark and Davis


by Jesse and Tim M


By Robyn & Leanne


By Beth and Anna


By Joe, Michael, and Tim K

Camera Class

3 point lighting is a fundamental technique in film making.  The 6th & 7th graders learned how to setup the lights to create the 3 point lighting.

Also, the students continued their work on a video of the 7 days of creation.  Be sure to check back next week to see the finished films.  

This week's photo Friday theme: rain

Tim Ketron's Science Video

Watch Tim's science video on a tornado in a bottle.  Tell him how you liked it.

Surface Tension

Check out this video Tim K. made!

Tye Dye Milk by Rose O'Connor

Joe's Video

Joe loved the science  experiment with the milk changing colors so he made a video of the science experiment.  Way to go, Joe!  Please leave a comment to let him know what you think of his video.

Table Trick

Tonight I tried this table trick.  I've always thought that it would be impossible to do, and the first time was great!  We tried to get it on camera, but the speed only was capturing the beginning and the end.

Beginning

How it ended

I opened up the shutter and you can see the plate and cup's movement.

Not only did I enjoy this trick, but I thought this video to be an excellent prototype for those of you wanting to learn video.  It is simple, clean, and clear.

Skewer Through Balloon

How can you pierce a balloon and not make it pop?!?

Balloons are made of a thin sheet of a rubber called latex, a polymer made
of long chain-like molecules, or strands, that are all tangled together.

There are also bonds between the strands, call cross-links. This tangled, cross-linked
network of molecules can be stretched, but when you let go, it returns to its original shape.

This happens when the skewer is twisted through the side of the balloon.

Make sure to poke through where the latex molecules are under
the least amount of pressure.  Near the tied part of the balloon.

When a very sharp skewer is slowly pushed, with twisting, into the balloon,
the polymer chains are pushed aside, but remain bonded, so the balloon does not break.

The Vaseline helps to seal the holes.