Student Work

Student Work...

This page is designed to highlight student work.

The first science unit of the year was "A World of Living Things". In this unit, students were required to conduct research on an animal of their choice. Once the research was completed the students then created "Life Cubes". The cubes included the animals habitat, diet, scientific classification, and a drawing of their animal. In addition, the students were required to write essays on why they chose that animal and what threatens the animal and it's environment.

Once the "Life Cubes" were complete the students worked with our Art teacher, Mrs Ensminger-Sams, to create clay representations of their animal. These clay animals were then put inside the "Life Cubes" and put on display in the school's Media Center.

The second science unit covered this year was "Ecosystems". For this unit students were to create a diorama of an ecosystem that was covered in class. The two ecosystems covered were: Rain Forests and Coral Reefs. Each diorama had to include at least three different types of animals and plants that thrive in that ecosystem. Students were able to use a variety of materials to complete their dioramas. The dioramas were then displayed in the Fourth Grade Centrium.

The third unit of the year was "Patterns on Earth and Space. The students conducted research on space and the planets and used this information to pick a suitable planet on which to establish a colony. Students had to research efficient ways to create power, food and water for survival in their new colony. Once the research was complete, the students set up a classroom size space colony, incorporating ideas from team models. Once the space colony was established, the students designed presentations for other classes in the school to explain what they had done. Tours were given to parents and school administrators as well.

Here two Mission Commanders discuss how they calculated the height of the rockets they launched using tangent tables and a measured base line distance.

Here Food and Water Specialists inform parents how they recycle water in our colony.

Here Energy specialists explain photovoltaic cells, wind generation, biomass and nuclear energy.

Here two Mission Commanders show parents soil samples from Mars under the digital microscope.

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