Science at Bangor & in the News
It has certainly been a while! I apologize for the long absence. Life got a little hectic and then I managed to catch some sort of virus. Since the last update, Science 9 has been studying energy. We started out by thinking about how energy is involved in different situations that the students likely experienced before (dropping a ball, using a pull-back or wind-up toy, rubbing hands together). After learning about the different ways that energy can be stored or transferred, the students are putting their new knowledge to the test by building Rube Goldberg machines. For a great example, watch this video for Goldie Blox. Chemistry wrapped up a unit about counting particles & then began investigating internal structure. We used interactions involving static electricity to deduce that there are charged particles inside atoms. We are now starting to learn about how electrons influence how compounds form and how the structure of compounds affects their properties (strength, melting point, boiling point, etc.). In other exciting news, my GoFundMe campaign to purchase new equipment is fully funded! I now have 6 new ChromeBooks and 6 sets of Vernier instruments that will interface with the ChromeBooks. These tools will allow us to perform more experiments, collect better data, and share data with each other as we collect it. I am so grateful to everyone who donated and shared the campaign and am looking forward to helping the students experience how the process of science actually works.
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