Fourth graders did some Building Thinking Classroom with our new math curriculum to work together using clues to find mystery fractions! The math talk, the collaboration, the friendly debates, and the pure joy of finding the solution as a team made this a great activity!

Today was our last day of stream tables for our soils, rocks, and landforms unit. The final focus was to bioengineer a way to prevent erosion from occurring. It was fun to see problem solving in action with this, along with the creativity! #owatonnaproud

Fourth graders investigating with stream tables to understand how flowing water shapes the earth’s surface through erosion and deposition. #owatonnaproud

Learning about physical weathering today with some rock shaking! Fourth graders shook granite and conglomerate rocks to see what happens when physical weathering occurs.

This week we started, The Circulatory Story, in Wit and Wisdom. We kicked off the day by doing an experiment by observing our pulse. Fourth graders located their pulse, placed clay on it, and watched as the qtip moved like a meter to the beat of their heart.

Building Fact Fluency games are always a favorite during the week. Fourth graders love learning facts while playing games with their friends!

As we are learning about environments, 4B students did a light vs dark test today to see what habitat the mealworms gravitated to. By the end of the experiment, most of them ended up on the dark paper!

Last week, 4B students started their investigations on the mealworm life cycle. They’ve loved documenting the changes they’ve noticed, feeding them, and testing out different habitats (I.e. cold, dark, warm, light). They’re excited to see what they transform into!

4A spent their first day of science learning the basics of a closed circuit. They looked at diagrams of circuits and made predictions whether or not they would work. Then, went to test on their own by creating a closed circuit to light a filament bulb.