Friday, September 27, 2013

Urbas - Science Week of Sept 27 - Oct 3

Students this week will start to use the lab glassware that you see pictured. They will be looking at four different types of glass and learning how to read the increments that they measure in. Safety will also be a feature of the upcoming week.

There is also an upcoming Extra Credit event that will be on Saturday Oct 5 at the Downers Grove Sanitary District. Students who wish to participate can find more information in the 6th grade file cabinet or take a flyer from the classroom. Requirements are parents take their students and receive a certificate of attendance from the facility after the tour. Tours are free and run from 9:00 am until noon.

Friday, September 20, 2013

Urbas - Science Week of Sept. 20 - 26

Students are working on the concept of density and next week will apply it to finding the reason boats float to being able to identify unknown samples from measurement. They will be using volume and mass to determine the nine unknown samples.

Friday, September 13, 2013

Urbas - Science Week of Sept 13 - 19


Students this week in Science will be learning how to use and measure with the Triple Beam Balance. They will be conducting several experiments using the equipment. Ask how they measured up.

Friday, September 6, 2013

Urbas - Science Week of Sept. 6 - 12

Students have started working towards the concept of metric measurement and Density. This week they worked on basic understanding of the metric system and now are beginning their application of it in relation to measurement.