Here is what's happening in our Science Lab!
LIFE SCIENCE
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BEE PRESENTATION Ms. George, Bullitt County AG Extention Office, and Mr. Mabry, a bee keeper, came to share their bee knowledge. We learned about the anatomy of bees, their jobs, life cycle and about the hobby of bee keeping. We were so lucky to have these two come to FES to teach our students about the importance of bees. Thank you! |
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HATCHING PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLIES Our caterpillars (larvae) are here! They will be in this stage for 7-10 days, then in the chrysalides (pupae/pupas) for 7-10 days. We will release them 2-4 days after they hatch. Check back for updates! |
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LIVING AND NONLIVING (K) What are living and nonliving things? |
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ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY STATIONS (3-5)
Students investigate ecosystems and biodiversity at 7 station rotations. Topics: food chains, food webs, parts of a flower and their functions, natural selection, how beavers affect ecosystems, discovering plants, habitats, and ecosystems, and biomes and their organisms |
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PARENT PLANTS and OFFSPRING (1-2) How are parent plants and offspring the same and different? |
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Freedom STEM Challenge Winners 2018
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Our school wide STEM Challenge task this year was to make the longest paper chain out of one piece of paper and tape.
3-5 grade winners were Alay Shia, Cole, Audrey and Lauren from Ms. Thomas's 3rd grade class. The length of their chain was 288 inches! K-2 grade winners were Molly, Keelyann, Brayden and Joshua from Mrs. Harris's 2nd grade class (pic coming soon). The length of their chain was 192 inches! These winners will represent Freedom at the district challenge in March. Congratulations and good luck!! |
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
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Heating and Cooling Stations (3-5)
How will heating and cooling affect states of matter? |
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Forces Stations (K) What will you find out about forces? |
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Balloon States of Matter (1-2)
How can you describe the properties of a solid, liquid and a gas? |
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Shade for a Friend (K) How can you shade your friend to protect your friend from the sun? |
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MYSTERY MATTER (3-5) How do physical properties help you identify objects? |
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MYSTERY MIXTURE (1-2) Using your scientist skills, what substances were in A and B? How do you know? |
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HOUR OF CODE (K-5)
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How will you solve an unplugged programming problem? How will you solve a programming problem? |
STEM Paper Chain Challenge (K-5)
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How will you design and create the longest paper chain? |
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EARTH SCIENCE
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The Changing Earth Stations
(3-5) Students investigate our changing Earth at 7 station rotations. Topics-earthquakes, mountains, rock layers, weathering, sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rock, fossil layers, geologists, renewable and nonrenewable resources, and forces of erosion. |
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Landform and Body of Water Research (2) What information can you find out about your landform or body of water on our website? |
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Slow and Fast Earth Changes (1-2) How does wind change the Earth? How does water change the Earth? |
ENGINEERING
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Building Bridges (K-2) Can you build a bridge with 10 cubes and 4 craft sticks? Can your team build a bridge together using the same materials? |
Building Bridges (3-5) Can you build a bridge to hold Lucy? |
TEAMWORK
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Breakout! of the Science Lab (3-5) What skills help us be good team members? |
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Breakout! of the Science Lab (1-2) What skills help us be good team members? |
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LEGO Challenge (K) Can you build a structure as a team? |
The Scientific Method
Watch the "Scientific Method Rap"
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Skittles Experiment (3-5) Do Skittles dissolve faster in warm water or cold water? |
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Sink or Float? (K-2) What items will sink or float on water? |
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Critter Siting This was on the front porch column this morning as students were entering the building. Do you KNOW what it is?? If you want to learn more, click on the critter's picture! |
Scientific Tools (K) What kind of tools do scientists use? 
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