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Flashy science

Flashy science

by | May 28, 2021 | News and Events, Science 6-8 2022

Literally.  We do lots of experiments in grades 6-8 science. Girls love explosions as much as boys, it seems.  Here are two experiments with flashes. As an 8-year-old boy, Lou Ellen and Vince’s son, David, now an LCA Board member, bought a huge electrical...
Flashy science

Sodium in water experiment -finale

by | Dec 13, 2020 | News and Events, Science 6-8 2022

11 December 2020: students in our grades 6-8 science class finished a series of experiments with a dramatic show for the younger students. Teacher Vince Gutschick bought sodium metal online after the students and he planned a series of experiments on reaction rates. ...
Science grades 5-8: home experiments and Zoom

Science grades 5-8: home experiments and Zoom

by | Apr 28, 2020 | Distance ed, Science 6-8 2022

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Our six students in the science 5-8 class meet three times a week on Zoom for far-ranging discussions… and to show their results of their home experiments growing sunflowers hydroponically.  Some of the discussions start from sections in the book we’ve...