We hope that everyone had a wonderful vacation and enjoyed some time away from school. Today we had some special guests with us, The Pinball Wizards. We learned all about force and motion! We talked about pulling, pushing, force, friction, fast, slow and so many great science concepts. Here's some pictures of what we did!
They began by introducing themselves and showed us how to build a PINBOX 3000. Everyone then got to spend some time playing with one of the pinboxes. Then we did an experiment. We used 4 different marbles and rolled them through a tube and down a track and recorded which one went the furthest. For the final project of the day everyone was split into four groups and each group had to strategically place blocks on a ramp to make the ball go as slowly as possible down the ramp. It was very interesting to see all of the different strategies.
You will find a Parent/Teacher Conference sign-up sheet in this weeks Friday Folder. Mrs. Antonioli is hoping to get them all done ASAP, for obvious reasons, but Mrs. Walcott has a little more time and flexibility. The sooner you send them back the sooner we can let you know what time your conference is. We always look forward to sitting down and sharing all the hard work your child has been doing at school. .