Another class pet….

BUTTERFINGER

BUTTERFINGER WAS DONATED TO OUR CLASS BY A TRANSFER STUDENT WHO MOVED OUT OF STATE.  THE PAINTED TURTLE WAS ALREADY NAMED BY THE STUDENT BECAUSE OF ITS COLORING.  BUTTERFINGER ENJOYS SWIMMING IN THE WATER AND DIVING OFF THE LOG.  BUTTERFINGER ALSO ENJOYS WHEN THE STUDENTS TAKE HER OUT OF HER AQUARIUM AND LET HER EXPLORE THE CLASSROOM.  BUTTERFINGER EATS TURTLE PELLETS.

Butterfinger climbing her log.  She enjoys climbing and diving.

Butterfinger is basking in the heat light!  :-)

Instant Challenges….

Instant Challenges:

Challenge our engineering and critical thinking skills...

How does that work Tristan and Drew?

Erika and Zach have special powers???

Mason observes the exchange of gas...

Viruses, Bacteria, Fungi

Teaching others about Viruses 

Maddison explains her poster.

Sam teaches his group.

Bailey shares!

Nice poster project Drew!

Students listen to Kailla's information.

Avery explains her photos to her group

Orion explains...

Jakob and Kenyon are eager to share their poster projects with others.

Ben poses with his poster.

Nice job Christian...

Heredity

Students build a sample of Deoxyribonucleic Acid

with licorice, marshmallows and toothpicks...

Mason working on putting his sample together.

Brayden is making sure
that everything is lined up
just right.

Surprise Jaedon!

Mason is labeling….

Belle and Kaya label and line everything up just right.

Now to twist it.

Let's do the TWIST!

Nice sample of DNA AND nice smile Lexi!
Gotcha!

 Collecting samples from the parks 

proved to be an interesting journey...

What do you have in your container Sandra?

What do you see down there Landon?

The gang is all here!  Time to go already?

Oh my!

What did she get Andrea?

Not exactly what we were looking for but fun to explore.

What did you find Travis?

Really Tyler?  

This is right up Colton's alley.

Exploring for water samples turned out to be quite an adventure for some.

These students know how to investigate.  Those curious souls.

Model of a plant cell.

Developing models of cells becomes creative business for 6th graders... 

Aden's key is to the left while he is holding his model.

Colton discusses his cell model.

Clever idea Hayden!

Avery explains the organelles on her cell model.

Lily chose to display her cell by utilizing Legos.

Brayden shares his information with the class.

Kaylie poses for a quick pic of her cell model.

Nick's cell model made all of us hungry!

Sandra is trying to make a point.

Jaxson explains his analogy of the farm and the cell.

We can always count on a
chuckle from Brock!

Angelina and family constructed soap to represent the plant cell.  Extremely amazing!!!

Angelina's soap model of the plant cell.
Washing with this sure would remind me of the different organelles of the cell.

Will's diagram with labeled organelles.