{"id":1476,"date":"2015-03-08T18:09:57","date_gmt":"2015-03-08T22:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/wrightt1\/?p=1476"},"modified":"2015-03-08T18:09:57","modified_gmt":"2015-03-08T22:09:57","slug":"mad-science-pictures-and-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/wrightt1\/2015\/03\/08\/mad-science-pictures-and-info\/","title":{"rendered":"Mad Science Pictures and Info."},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Families,<\/p>\n

Here are some pictures taken from last week’s Mad Science session. \u00a0Thanks to Martin’s dad for taking such great pictures of our scientists in action!<\/p>\n

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We have been learning all about earth materials for the last month or so during science. \u00a0Last week, we have started our Project Based Learning unit. \u00a0I asked our scientists the driving question: \u00a0What would be the best earth material for the foundation for a play structure? \u00a0Since they have already conducted 4 different experiments on earth materials, the students had many different hypotheses about what earth material would work best. \u00a0Most of the class thought CLAY would be the best type of earth material. \u00a0Next, the teams of \u00a0scientists were given a challenge to design a play structure using just 20 straws and 1\/2 stick of modeling clay. \u00a0Next week the teams will build the structures and we will test out our theories.<\/p>\n

During this project, the students are strengthening their skills in:<\/p>\n