Mr. C's Class Blog

Time to tell me the answer to the essential question for the Scientific Inquiry Unit on buoyancy, "Why do some things float while other...

A great experiment coupled with a catchy song. Thanks class and thanks Animoto. This is the last experiment of the unit on Scientific Inquir...

It is time for the annual Boat Regatta. Here is your opportunity to use all you know about floating and sinking to create your own boat. Her...

After the students demonstrated their skill at creating soap boats that floated, I challenged them to create a soap boat that would sink. Wi...

Every year we do a project where students bring a bar of non-Ivory soap. They carve the soap to resemble a boat. The object is for them to m...

Did you know that a 4x4 inch foil boat can carry 1/3 of the amount of marbles a 6x6 in foil boat can carry? When you find the amount of cubi...

Here is the winner of Extreme Home Makeover: Karana's House. The white paper rolls represent whale ribs. Notice there is no door, Karana...

The reason we identify background knowledge in our model of the Scientific Method is so we can stimulate our brain and prepare it to accept ...

The class is working on identifying subjects and predicates. They had to take a simple subject and a simple predicate and create complete su...

The students are trying to create shapes that will hold the most marbles. Through the course of the activity, I am hoping they come to the r...

We are working on subjects and predicates in grammar. I decided that we could spend some of the time in the hall identifying subjects and pr...

Sarah puts her objects in order from lightest to heaviest. Did you put yours in the right order?

Live Broadcast by Ustream.TV After observing the objects float or sink, what is your hypothesis for the question, "Why do some things f...

Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech was given 45 years ago today. This is probably the most famous speech given b...

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Since Kelsey is moving to a new school I decided to record her reading her character sketch. Although we will miss her, we will still have h...

I am interested in your learning style. I think it is important for you and me to understand the way you learn best. You can use this inform...

For our first experiment of the year, we brought five objects from home to test to see if they would float or sink. Here is Tristan explaini...

We examine the Scientific Method through our unit on Floating and Sinking. The video shows the opening demonstration of our unit. The studen...