Friday, December 18, 2009

Urbas - Science Weeks Dec. 18 - Jan 1

Holiday break is here and there is no homework.

There is an extra credit option available for students. To participate, students can go to a museum, Sci, Field, or the zoo, etc. You must bring back a proof of admission with the date, or an exhibit brochure with a note on it from Mom or Dad saying you attended on what date. You can go to a maximum of two different museums over break.



Do you know what this is below?











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Frosty the Snowman's Baby Picture.

Happy Holidays!

Friday, December 11, 2009

Urbas - Science Week of Dec. 11 - 17

Students this week have been build and evaluating several different Lego constructions that involved pulleys and gears. They have been investigating Mechanical Advantage and what it means to a machine and the work it performs.

Next week there will be a test on machines and students will be finishing up their machine building.


Below are students working on various constructions.

Since we are also at the holiday time of the year, won't you please help out this charity, it doesn't cost anything more than your time every day.


http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/











"Did you see what we built"?














A successful day in the lab.











Thursday, December 3, 2009

Urbas - Science Week of Dec. 4 - 10

Science this week has been all about Lego's and what can be done with them. Students have learned the basic assembly of several prototypes and have also built various structure that have characteristics they will be using in the future.




These students have been building some amazing machines that shown how conveyors work as shown in the photos below.









It's all aligned.

















It works, just like we thought it would!