I can't believe it, but summer has come and gone.  Now we are getting ready for school with our Jump Start program.  It was great to see my students collaborating and communicating to complete the challenges given to them.



Can you build a bridge so that Bill and Betty can reunite? The 4th graders can.













































Can you build a fishing pole?  These kids not only planned them, they built them.  Rods, reels, and fish Oh My!

Look at how creative we can be when trying to build a tower.

WOW, what a week........

Engineering Expo came and went, it was amazing. The kids did a great job.

Team CUBD is putting the final touches on our plans, yes,the end is near.

Looking forward to the long weekend.  I think everyone definitely earned it.

Can't wait to see what next week brings.

Can’t believe it is already May.  I’m currently a little nervous, excited and scared as the coaches embark on new territory.  We are getting ready to start writing our lessons for next year.  Conference room get ready because here we come!

Feeling a little lost today, it was Thursday, but no CSI.  Kids are already asking about it for next year.  Guess I better start looking for some new experiments.

We had our last session of CSI yesterday and I was sad to see it end.  I hope the kids had as much fun as I did.  It was great to watch their faces as we did some of the experiments.  Yesterday's experiments were all about straws.

Can you make a trombone using a straw and a bottle of water?  These kids did.

After seeing this one a student stated that the straw looked like "a set of stairs".  I thought that was a great way to describe it.  I hope you can see it in the picture.

It's straight, it's bent, it's fat, it's thin....How can this be?

We talked about the fact that light travels at different speeds through different things and that's why this straw looks so crazy. 

Looking for a fun way to review coins?  Check out these videos to help your kids remember what coins look like and their value. 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ARNqyQ0CuY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb-w3rqRoJ8

Third grade had a lot of fun putting their measurement skills to good use during their mini Olympics. How much mass does a handful of marbles have?