Churchill Science » science http://churchillscience.edublogs.org Elementary Science Education Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:22:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 203’s Producers, Consumers and Decomposers http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/11/25/203s-producers-consumers-and-decomposers/ http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/11/25/203s-producers-consumers-and-decomposers/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:21:56 +0000 Lisa http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/?p=665 Click on the picture to make them bigger!

by Brian by Griffin and Gian by Megan and Lucas by Sydney and Rubin ]]> http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/11/25/203s-producers-consumers-and-decomposers/feed/ 0 Simple Machines Game http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/11/25/simple-machines-game/ http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/11/25/simple-machines-game/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:50:28 +0000 Lisa http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/?p=662 202 played the Simple Machines Game in class together. Some of the items were hard to find. We answered the questions together. We thought that some of the questions were hard, but we wanted to keep playing!

Click here to play!

Click here to play!

Click the picture to play the game!

]]> http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/11/25/simple-machines-game/feed/ 0 Some recent questions from the Great Wall of Questions! http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/11/22/recentquestions/ http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/11/22/recentquestions/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:16:07 +0000 Lisa http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/?p=655 Which state or country has had the most hurricanes? by Maggie

This is an image of it - Mauna Loa, on the Big Island of Hawai'i.

This is an image of it - Mauna Loa, on the Big Island of Hawai'i.

Yes, that is Lucky Jr.

Yes, that is Lucky Jr.

]]> http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/11/22/recentquestions/feed/ 0 Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers Game http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/11/22/producers-consumers-and-decomposers-game/ http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/11/22/producers-consumers-and-decomposers-game/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:07:43 +0000 Lisa http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/?p=652 Click to play!

Where do living things get their energy? Can you figure out if the living thing:

-Makes its own food (producer)
-Eats to survive (consumer)
-Breaks down dead stuff (decomposer)

Click the picture to play!

]]> http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/11/22/producers-consumers-and-decomposers-game/feed/ 0 Soil Safari game http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/11/22/soil-safari-game/ http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/11/22/soil-safari-game/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:04:11 +0000 Lisa http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/?p=648 Shrink yourself down to see what's going on in the soil...

Shrink yourself down to see what's going on in the soil...

After looking at samples from the greenhouse’s compost bin, we wanted to know what else might be living in soil that is too small for our eyes to see…
Click on the picture to play the game!

-203, 205, 206

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For our end-of-unit project, we designed our own playgrounds. We’ll post those photos soon. In the meantime, here’s a short video about the Imagination Playground in a Box:

]]> http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/11/17/imagination-playground/feed/ 0 The food chain game http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/11/13/the-food-chain-game/ http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/11/13/the-food-chain-game/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:44:37 +0000 Lisa http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/?p=638 205, 203 and 206 are learning about the forest. While we were watching Planet Earth and noticing the different layers of the forest, we pointed out many predators and their prey. We also began to talk about how plants make their own energy from the Sun, while everything else that lives must eat to get its energy.

Follow the energy to win the food chain game!

Click the pictures to play.

The turtle is a consumer that eats another consumer, jellyfish.

The fungi are decomposers that put nutrients back in the soil.

]]> http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/11/13/the-food-chain-game/feed/ 0 Round and Round: Life Cycle Interactive http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/10/27/round-and-round-life-cycle-interactive/ http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/10/27/round-and-round-life-cycle-interactive/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:13:12 +0000 Lisa http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/?p=630 Click here to play!

Click here to play!

This is a fun game for young children to learn about life cycles. 225 played this game in science class!

]]> http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/10/27/round-and-round-life-cycle-interactive/feed/ 0 A Walk in the Forest Game by Room 203 http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/10/16/walkintheforest/ http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/10/16/walkintheforest/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:27:24 +0000 Lisa http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/?p=625 This is a type of bird. It says "drink your tea!" Click on this picture to play the game.

This is a type of bird. It says "drink your tea!" Click on this picture to play the game.

This game is about nature. It is about the forest. You can see lots of amazing animals. You can learn about the top of the tree, the middle, the bottom, and even the inside and top of a log. One of the best ones is a bird that says, “Drink your tea!!” You will experience the life of nature. This game is amazing.

by Room 203

205 and 206 also played this game!

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We can’t get enough of this game! Can you balance out the predators and prey so that all three kinds of living things survive?

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Leave a comment if you think you know!

Leave a comment if you think you know!

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The LCROSS mission is a search for water on the moon. The LCROSS mission is going to do this by sending a rocket crashing into the moon causing a big impact and creating a crater, throwing tons of debris and potentially water ice and vapor above the lunar surface.

More about it:

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More great questions from the Great Wall…

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How do sleep-walking and sleep-talking work? - Ben S.

How do sleep-walking and sleep-talking work? - Ben S.

Here’s a short article explaining sleepwalking to kids: Sleepwalking

Want to learn more about sleep in general? Try Sleep for Kids.

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