Churchill Science http://churchillscience.edublogs.org Elementary Science Education Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:18:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Decomposers: Fungi http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/11/18/decomposers-fungi/ http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/11/18/decomposers-fungi/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:16:16 +0000 Lisa http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/?p=644 203, 206 and 205 are learning about different parts of the food chain. Here are two fun videos about decomposers:

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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:

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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 Welcome to Churchill Science! http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/11/04/welcome-to-churchill-science/ http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/11/04/welcome-to-churchill-science/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:13:12 +0000 Lisa http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/?p=634 This website features interactive games, videos, and posts by and for Lower Elementary students in science class. You can also take a look at some of the topics that we have covered in the past year.

The most recent activity will always show up at the top of the home page. You can click on different topics to see different parts of the site.

We will be updating this page with new material whenever we want to share new games or information with you. Please help your children use this site by sitting with them as they play or watch. This is a great chance to chat about what they’re learning in science!

This site also gets MANY visitors from all over the world. Welcome!

]]> http://churchillscience.edublogs.org/2009/11/04/welcome-to-churchill-science/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!

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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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Is it hard to breathe in the desert? by Saskia

This question was asked during a discussion of how trees produce oxygen, so that people can breathe. Saskia wanted to know if places without many trees, such as deserts, would be harder to breathe in. Great thinking!

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Hurricane Interactive: Click the picture to try it out!

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