Breakout Boxes... a long awaited post!

Well, with the crazy schedules that the end of the year brings, we were finally able to squeeze in some educational fun!  I told the kiddos they were going to try out something new called breakout boxes.  Students need uncover codes to crack lock-boxes and reveal hidden messages, what a great team building activity!  A much needed break from crazy schedules and another fun way to learn our curriculum...definitely something we would like to do again!

Thank you Nina and Daisy!

Thank you to Nina and Daisy our High School Helpers for the day.... it was so nice to have an extra helping hand! 

All Hail the King... an American Revolution Activity

As we are learning about the causes to the American Revolution, we have been talking a lot about taxation and how the colonists were not very happy with the King for taxing them so much.  In order to get the feeling of the colonists, each student received 10 pieces of candy (money) and the king (Mr. Sufka) and the Tax Collector (Mr. Zurko) decided what they wanted to tax the colonists for and how much they wanted to collect.  Needless to say, we had some angry colonists with very little money left.  Thank you Mr. Sufka and Mr. Zurko for your help!

Magnets and Motors- How to get a coil motor spinning...

After working through our Magnets and Motors Science Kit, we gave video confessions throughout all the lessons leading up to make a coil motor spin while using our knowledge of electricity and currents. 

Motors and Magnets- Lesson 4 Video Confessions

5th Grade Challenge- December- Who can get Frosty's sled the furthest??

Great Job 5th Graders on creation of your sleds!!

What happened to Leroy now?

Looks like he may be in some trouble!!