by newschoolsyr | Nov 12, 2011 | science K-1
What fun our youngest students had learning about worms! We were lucky to have live worms to study and draw this fall. We observed how worms moved and dug their tunnels. We also conducted an experiment to see whether worms like to be in the light or dark and wet or...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 12, 2011 | science grades K-2
Molly Molecule is a song that you may hear around the New School in the coming weeks. She is made of H2O (which is water you know). Stay tuned for more about Molly and her adventures in the water cycle as we learn in science class about where we find water in the...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 11, 2011 | science grade 2
Students in grade 2 spent 6 weeks observing worms and their behavior. First we predicted whether worms prefer light or dark, prefer moist or dry areas, and how they react to touch and then we set up experiments each week and watched them. We witnessed within minutes...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 11, 2011 | science grades K-2
A good question can lead us to a lot of learning. How do you see with your eye?We started our 6 week unit studying the human eye. Each week we learned about a new feature of the eye. So far we have learned about the iris, the pupil, the lens, muscle, retina and optic...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 26, 2011 | science grade 2
Over the last five weeks second graders were part of a science unit learning about the water cycle. Students have been learning about three parts of the water cycle: evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. Students learned a song to help them remember which way...
