Pollination Students grow Wisconsin Fast Plants, a variety of mustard, which can go through a complete life cycle in a little over forty days. Students use dried honey bees to pollinate flowers to produce fruit. Sound Students study sound by making various devices which produce sounds. Structures Students explore the properties of various building materials by constructing structures. Systems Students learn that a system is a group of objects that interact.
Students work with mixtures, solutions and suspensions, and learn about filtration and evaporation.
Several large wading pools need to be obtained locally. Grade 3 or 4 Magnets Students explore the properties of magnets and magnetic materials. Toads Students raise toads from eggs, provide care for tadpoles and observe and record their growth. Available spring only. Grade 4 Birds Students observe birds to learn about their physical and behavioral properties.