Science Club Updates

January 10 - Science Club Special Guest

• read Nefertiti, the Spidernaut: The Jumping Spider Who Learned to Hunt in Space by Darcy Pattison
• discuss the difference between adaptation and evolution
• interview Dr. Scott Hamilton-Brehm, Microbiologist at SIU, about the Timeline of Life and evolution (which came first: viruses or bacteria?)

January 17 - Science Club Field Trip

• visit The Science Center in Carbondale IL to help us choose our new Science Club topic!

January 24 - Prove It!

Based on student interests, we began to explore Physics. I love the Science I CAN READ book Prove It! by Rose Wyler and Gerald Ames.



We began with the properties of water and a look at surface tension:

"Why Drops are Round," pages 6-7

look at our water droplets through jeweler's loupes

extra exploration: how many drops of water fit on a penny?

"Make a Needle Float," pages 8-9

explain how plants use surface tension in their vascular tissue

"Chase the Pepper," pages 10-11

extra exploration: add sugar to water/pepper without the soap first... does the pepper draw towards the sugar?
soapy water - weakest

plain water - strong

sugar water - strongest

"A Boat that Runs with Soap," pages 12-13

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