Ready...Set...Launch!

For the past several weeks, our 2nd graders have been transformed into Scientists! Although we have considered them to be Scientists all year during Science Workshop, they are now scientists during writing. We've been asking questions about how th world works, making hypotheses, creating something to test multiple times, holding symposiums to analyze our results, and writing conclusions! Take a look a that we've been testing:

It all starts with a question we can test, and writing our hypothesis based on our previous scientific knowledge. 

Then, our friends invent! They think of ways to make a catapult and test it multiple times. 

We can't forget to record PRECISE procedures for building and testing. W also have to include labeled diagrams to teach and give warnings if needed. For this one, you might want to mention "heads up!" 

And of course, we have to record our results.

Before we state our conclusion, we HAVE to have a symposium! It's when scientists come together to discuss their results, ask questions about it and come up with possible answers to help them write their conclusions.

Finally, we write a conclusion where we reflect on our hypothesis, ask new questions about why and how and state possible explanations. 

Our friends are such smart and inquisitive scientific authors. What will you test? 

Ready...set...launch!!!!! 

Readers to Leaders

Today we celebrated our fabulous readers with Readers to Leaders Bingo! Keep reading and logging your books friends!

"Lettuce" be thankful for Science!

During the month of October, we were studying the needs of plants and our class got to plant lettuce. We watched them grow from teeny tiny seeds to full grown lettuce, noticing all the changes it went through and finally being able to have every friend harvest the lettuce today. What an amazing experience for us all! Salad anyone?