Weekly Update
Science This Past Week
Students continued working on the Hearing and Sound unit - and what an awesome week it was. The excitement of the students was so contagious as they prepared to present their instruments. There are so many creative instruments and I love that each student was so engaged in each other's creations.
We will continue to present the rest of the instruments this week during science.
Here is a look at the first of our many creative musicians:
This past week we also had some fun in a sound center learning activity - where students
became the scientists as they further investigated the following hearing and sound concepts:
P sound is caused by vibrations
P sound travels in sound waves
P faster vibrations create higher sounds (high pitch)
P slower vibrations create lower sounds (low pitch)
P sound can travel through solids, liquids and gases
P sound travels best (fastest) through a solid
Social Studies This Past Week
This past week in social studies, students learned about the life of the student we are studying from Ukraine. We compared life in the city vs life in the country in Ukraine, and then discussed what we have learned about quality of life from the four different countries.
Students have determined that quality of life means how good your life is - including things that make you happy, comfortable, and give you feelings of safety (food, shelter, family, etc). They have also expressed that even though money is important - it is not necessarily a direct correlation to quality of life because quality of life is about how you feel.
This week we will be looking at the term culture in relation to the four countries.
Hope everyone has a fabulous week and has a chance
to enjoy some of the warm weather while it lasts!!!
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