Friday, September 30, 2011

Urbas - Science Week of Sept. 30 - Oct 6

Students this past week have been working with the Scientific Method and next week will be working with lab glassware and safety in the lab.

On Saturday Oct. 1st, there is an extra credit option available for students. They need to go with their parents to the Downers Grove Sanitary District Open House and take a tour of the facilities. The tour is free and the facility is open from 9am to 12 am Saturday morning. To receive credit, a student must bring back the certificate of attendance to class. For more information, see my blog under Extra Credit.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Urbas - Science Week of Sept. 23 - 29

Students this week have finished their investigations of unknowns and were very successful in identifying the "mystery objects". Next week they will be developing that idea further with the designing of an experiment to test buoyancy and will start working with the Scientific Method more. Stay tuned.

Friday, September 16, 2011

Urbas - Science Week of Sept. 16 - 22









Students this week have been working on the concept of density and next week will be using the concept to measure and identify nine unknown specimens. They will be using volume and mass to solve the task. Stay tuned.


There will also be a quiz on Friday, September 23rd covering metrics and measurement. A study guide will available on Monday.

Friday, September 9, 2011

Urbas - Science Week of Sept. 9 - 15



Students this week worked on the concept of volume and did labs relating to it. Next week they will be learning how to use a Triple Beam Balance to find the mass of objects and will be working toward the concept of density by the end of the week. Stay tuned.



Friday, September 2, 2011

Urbas - Science Week of Sept. 2 -8

Students this week worked on their measuring skills using metric tools. They measured length and width and also made calculations based on the area of various shapes in the lab. Next week they will be combining that skill with and added dimension of height to create a three dimensional volume concept. Stay tuned!