Blog Highlights – Updated 06/01/2013
Tag Archives: observing
1G: `Ōhi`a Planting
The first graders have been preparing for a special unit that they will be a part of next year as second graders. This project will be a unit on the Native Hawaiian Rainforests. As an introduction to this project, a … Continue reading
4G: Hot Meets Cold
What happens when hot meets cold? Just ask the fourth graders. In exploring thermal energy, the students conducted a simple experiment called hot meets cold. In this experiment, the students observed two jars, one with hot water and one with … Continue reading
4G: Water & Wind Erosion
What causes the Earth to change? Some of the ways that the Earth is constantly changing is by weathering and erosion. Weathering is the breaking down of rocks and other materials. Erosion is the carrying away of these broken down … Continue reading
2G: A Living Sponge
Why are the Hawaiian rainforests so important to us? Why should we protect them and keep them from being cut down? As the second graders are learning about the plants and animals that make up the Hawaiian rainforests, they are … Continue reading
K: Glow Germs
My favorite experiment do with the kindergartners is definitely the Glow Germ experiment. Everywhere I look forward to starting off the year with teaching the students why we always ask them to wash their hands at school. Wash when they … Continue reading
1G: Observing Plants
Check out our keiki scientists making careful observations of their water plants and potted plants.
4A: You Crack Me Up!!
Did you know that scientist believe that the Earth’s continents were once one giant big one? Scientist call it Pangaea. The Earth’s outer most layer, the crust, is broken up into many different sections called plates. This plates move around … Continue reading
1G: Inside a Seed
Today the first graders conducted their first experiment of the year. After reading a non-fictional book about plants, students replicated one of the experiments from the book. This experiment had the students look at what is inside of a seed. … Continue reading
5G: Save the Birds from Pollution
This year’s 5th graders are starting off the school year exploring how humans are impacting the Earth. Many of the students shared that people are harming the Earth in different ways, such as throwing trash on the road, cutting down … Continue reading
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1G: Diversity in Seeds
Diversity if everywhere, even in seeds. The first graders will be exploring all about plants this trimester. However, before they can learn about plants and grow them, they must first know where the plants come from, seeds. Students will be … Continue reading
3G: Expand or Contract?
Heat energy can make many things move or change. When an object is warm or hot, the tiny molecules like to move around and expand. When an object is cool or cold, the tiny molecules like to stay in one … Continue reading
We’ve got a new pet!
Yep, we’ve got a new pet. Thanks to the students of Mrs. Pai’s class who caught this little gal. I can’t remember if it was in their class or outside their class. I believe it might be a girl mouse … Continue reading
4G: Friction and Planes
Simple machines make work easier. As the fourth graders build and test out various types of simple machines, they are exploring how these machines make work easier. One of the experiments they conducted was to see how friction plays a … Continue reading
3G: Light Splits into Colors
Finally a sunny day for the third graders to conduct their last light energy experiment. Using the sun’s light and a prism, students had to figure out how to position the prism in order to split the sun’s light into … Continue reading
