We had a wonderful snowflake breakfast and last day of school. We completed our study of the festivals of light with fireworks for  the New Year. Have safe, peaceful, joyful holidays!

 We bent 5 toothpicks and dropped water drops in the middle. We were amazed as the sticks moved out into the shape of the star! Capillary action at work.

 Bumblebees and friends worked on building bridges today. They began with simple bridge designs before becoming more elaborate. In the end they increased height, width, side walls, length and strength. Students added on and off ramps to their bridges, experimenting with style, shape and form until their bridges worked and looked just right.

 Together with the Ladybugs and Alchemists, the Bumblebee class worked on a STEAM project using ramps. The students built ramps and then used many different objects to roll, slide, bump and jump down the ramps. They looked at velocity and mass with heavier and lighter objects. They tried different angles. Then they added pads and tape to create friction for those objects moving down the ramps. Finally they used the I-pads to photograph and video the progress down the ramps, creating some amazing videos both moving forward and in reverse.