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Potential and Kinetic Energy
After reading an article in Super STEM from Scholastic titled "The Science of Swing" that teaches how batting and pitching in baseball uses potential and kinetic energy, we practiced tossing balls ourselves collecting data on the distances differences according to the energy used. Lastly, we created a catapult and collected more data on potential energy turning into kinetic energy. Below are a few pictures I was able to grasp during our activity.
Albinism and Adaptation
In my 4th grade Power Hour, we read about animals that have albinism and how difficult it is to adapt to their environment when compared to animals with natural pigmentation. To extend this learning, students researched an animal of interest studying about their environment and predators. Students had to design their habitat on paper then start building it in a diorama. To emphasize the difficulty animals with albinism face when trying to survive, students have to include one animal of natural pigmentation as well as one dealing with albinsim.
Our next phase is to create a Google Slides presentation embedding pictures of our entire design process with interesting facts they identified.
Enjoy viewing the pictures of students building their dioramas.
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