EOG Relief

After a week of testing we took our math lesson outside. We threw paper plates to see how far our toss would go. Then we measured the distance of our throws in inches and centimeters. Some students were surprised to see that their plate wouldn't fly like a frisbee. They finally discovered that gentler was better than hard. Back in the classroom we put our data into a stem and leaf plot to determine the median, mode and range of our throws. Having a math lesson outside was a nice break after a week of EOGs.

American Shad Project

We helped Ms. Linhart's class care for American Shad eggs for a few days this spring. The eggs were delivered to Speas on April 26th. We cared for the eggs and watched them hatch. They were so tiny with huge eyes! On Thursday April 29th we took the eggs to Belews Lake for the release. The ones that live will go from the lake to the Dan River to the Roanoke River to the Atlantic Ocean. We hope some of them will come back to Belews Lake in a few years to spawn. We really enjoyed doing this project that was sponsored by the NC Museum of Natural History.

Friction and other Forces

Remember our Science Fair project last fall? How do the things we learned then apply to what we have been talking about in science this quarter?

Roll, Roll, Roll