Nov 12 2012
The Ear
This week, we are looking a little bit deeper into the human ear. Today, we did observational drawings of the ear. We learned that there is an inner ear and outer ear and hope to learn more about the eardrum later this week.
Tag Archive 'project'
Nov 12 2012
Cup Phones Day 2
On Friday, Dylan and Jackson were experimenting more with the cup phones. Dylan invited Ayden over to join them. He inserted one of the phones inside the other, creating a 3 way connection. The boys tried it out and were excited to discover that they could hear one another! They invited another friend, and another, to continue adding connections. Pretty soon, about half the class was involved with the multi way connection phone. They troubleshooted and problem solved together when connections were lost and broken and celebrated when they could hear one another or each other’s vibrations on the string.
Nov 08 2012
Cup Phones
How does sound travel? We learned sound travels via vibrations. Vibrations in the air are called sound waves. Today we experimented with sound by creating cup phones and talking to our neighbors! Here is a snapshot of our conversation after our experience.
We made cups and we talked in them and another person put their cup to their ear. Cariah
We made some echos in the cup. Hold it tight! Greyson
It works because of the vibrations on the strong. Lucas
Why do we need the cups? Could we just use the string? Mrs. Goldsmith
The cups are actually for you to put your eat and mouth on so you can make the echo sound come in. And when youre like on the other side its kinda similar. We don’t know how it does it. Its like magic. Dylan
Was it more important to be the listener or the talker today? Mrs. Argus
Listener, because you have to actually like, be quiet to hear… Dylan
Yeah, like you listen! Beatrice
If somebody’s talking, you don’t talk through it. Dylan
Listening is more important because you can learn more about the person that is talking. J’Den
An amazing conversation. 🙂
Nov 07 2012
Sounds All Around
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- Sound provocation area.
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- Hutton draws waves. “Sound waves.”
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- Lucas changes the pitch of the water jar by blowing different directions.
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- Maria tries out the water jar.
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- Regan makes music.
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- Jackson and Dylan create a communication tool!
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- J’Den and Greyson give the jars a try.
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- Lucas and Hutton make a giant telephone!
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- What is sound?
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- J’Den and Jo’Vyon try out the piano app on the IPAD.
This morning, the class explored different ways to create sound. They were also encouraged to write what sounds they heard and to answer the question, “What is sound?”. We had some great discussions on sound waves and vibrations, as well as how the ear works. We are excited to take this a step further tomorrow and look more deeply into the concept!
Nov 05 2012
Science Journals
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- Friends take turns checking out the grow lab.
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- Sascha writes in her science journal.
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- Friends document the progress of the plants.
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- Jackson is proud of his writing!
As you know, we have been watching three different lima beans grow- one in soil, one in sand, and one in a paper towel. After carefully watering for a week, we have started to see some results! We noticed that our lima bean seed in the paper towel has split open, and we can see a tiny sprout. We also noticed that the lima bean in the sand looks like it may be emerging to the top, by note of a small bump at the top of the sand. As scientists, we want to record all of our observations in our lima bean experiment. Today, we started a small journal where we draw pictures of each seed in their growing medium. We will document the seed growth each day, noting the fastest, healthiest, etc. It was not only exciting to see how much detail the kids put into their drawings, but also their use of adjectives and words to help them describe in their small notebooks what was happening in each picture.
