I want to thank all the students for your work and I hope you had fun.
I want to thank all the parents who helped on field trips this past year. It means a lot to the children and myself.
The results from the San Francisco Bay Area Science Fair are:
8th Grade
Travis Opperud-4th Place
7th Grade
Aidan Deak-2nd Place
Christopher Perez-Zapata-4th Place
Nicholas Ratto-4th Place
Everyone is very proud of all who participated!!
2009 Science SPN Fair Winners:
6th Grade
1st Olivia Butler-Does the Color of Light affect a Plants Growth?
2nd Courtney Shojinaga-Color Confusion
3rd Rosette Rumberger and Lynnea Jawad-Which brand of popcorn leaves the least amount of unpopped kernals?
4th Michael Murphy and George McGreehan-Putting air into Soccer
5th Josh Takeuchi-Do Solar Panels work with different types of lights besides sunlight?
6th. Katlyn Lozano- Which sport drink has the most sugar?
7th Grade
1st Aidan Deak-Does dissolved sugar or salt effect the refraction of light in liquids (When shinning a laser through a prism with different amounts of sugar or salt)?
2nd Nicholas Ratto-Keeping you in suspension
3rd Christopher Perez-Zapata-Potato Cannon projection angle
4th Lily Carter-In what enviornment does sound waves travel fastest?
5th Melanie-Peanut Allergen warning
6th Vanessa Kellar/Saxton and Monica McNamara- How much weight can a hovercraft hold?
8th Grade
1st Travis Opperud-A wing and a prayer
2nd Michael Plaisance-Does a higher Acidity level produce more Voltage?
3rd kenneth Swain-Does the Acidity or Alkalinity of water affect how well a plant will grow and thrive?
4th Jenny Coyne and Fiona Kanady- Does the shape of an ice cube affect how fast it melts?
5th Rachel Falkner-Does the color of light affect plant growth?
6th. Jordan Butler-Do energy drinks make plants grow faster?
The schedule for K-5 in the lab is the following:
4th grade, Monday
2nd grade, Tuesday
K/1 will alternate ever other wed
5th grade Thur
3rd grade Friday
Thus far in the lower grades we have
Prepared the garden for planting
Planted Marigolds
Made slime
Watched and documentedreal butterflies go from larva to full maturity and set them free in the garden.
Examined organisms on apple tissue.
Made UV bracelets and had the sun turn them different colors showing why we should wear sunscreen.
Global warming lab
Magnetism
surface tension of water
what causes friction
Halloween week kids are learning the skeletal system
Where does soil come from?
How many parts does an insect have?
electron flow through a battery
What happens to spagetti when introduced to vinegar and baking soda?
Igneous rocks
Sedimentary rocks
surface tension of water
GEMS Microscope activities
center of gravity lab
actiion reaction lab
3-5th grade squid dissection
Astronomy week
understanding what a super absorbent polymer is
structural designs to withstand earthquakes
preventing landslides,mudslides
proper health tips to stay healthy during the flu season
making a home made compass
The Benham experiment
Three states of matter baking soda, vinegar, bottles, and balloons.
Examine samples from the garden on sticky slides under dissecting microscopes.
Making home made tube horns showing length of column of air and pitch, thickness of elastic covering and pitch
How can we get a clown to balance on its nose?
making a polymer in the form of a bouncing ball
making an electromagnetic motor
What is Torque?
Does the earth spin or wobble on its axis?
Have a good week
sincerely,
Bill Frank
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