Urbas - Science Week of Oct. 22 - 28

Students this week will be engaged in labs with levers to determine the mass of coins, Spring Scales to compare the concepts of mass and weight, and will be introduced to the pulley. The machines are coming.

Also under construction will be a section that will be accessible in the future in order to copy notes and concepts in class. Keep watching!

Notes:

Urbas - Science Week of Oct. 15 - 21

Students have been working with the simple machines this week and next week will start to investigate in depth the lever, and mass. They will be using spring scales and balances to compare weight and mass in addition to balancing levers both mathematically and physically.

Urbas - Science Week of Oct. 8 - 14

Students this week did an experiment on buoyancy where they had to make a film canister float, sink, and hover in water. There are two good pictures below. Sometimes success can be overwhelming.

"I got it to hover"!

Next week starts speed and machines.

Urbas - Science Week of October 1 - 7

Students have been working with Lab Glassware recently and are pictured here doing a lab practical.

It looks like someone is playing "Hide and Seek" with the beaker. The view is easier from this level.

There is an extra credit option available this weekend on Saturday October 2nd. Parents will need to take their students to the 21st Annual Downers Grove Sanitary District Open House located at 5003 Walnut Ave., Downers Grove. It is located 3 blocks north of Maple Avenue on Walnut. The facility will run tours every 20 minutes starting at 9:00 am, and will be open until noon. A certificate will be issued to each student attending and they will need to bring it back to Mr. Urbas in class next week for credit.