Holiday Citizen Science

Check out some of these Citizen Science projects- keeping you exploring over break!

Planet Hunters: Graphs of light as bright as 5 gold rings as I analyzed light patterns from far away stars to look for the presence of planets.
http://scistarter.com/project/595-Planet%20Hunters?utm_source=2015+Christmas+Newsletter++&utm_campaign=Christmas+Projects+December+2015&utm_medium=email

Sing About Science:

Nine scientists dancing to the greatest science tunes found in their database.

http://scistarter.com/project/517-Sing%20About%20Science?utm_source=2015+Christmas+Newsletter++&utm_campaign=Christmas+Projects+December+2015&utm_medium=email

Noise Tube:

An app to measure the noise made by 12 drummers drumming. 

http://scistarter.com/project/475-NoiseTube?utm_source=2015+Christmas+Newsletter++&utm_campaign=Christmas+Projects+December+2015&utm_medium=email

Bee Careful!

Isabella created a Save the Bees Scratch game! She designed it so the bee has to make it safely back to the hive without getting hit by pesticides or radio waves. Hopefully it will be open for all to play soon!

K-1 model

Practicing their skills with model dioramas!

Avoiding 'Learned Helplessness' | Edutopia

Avoiding 'Learned Helplessness' | Edutopia

Pollination modeling

Experiencing being worker bees, the 4-5s pollinate and explore flowers.

Owl Pellets!

The 6th and 7th graders continue their ecosystem studies- How do owls influence ecosystems? 

Observing Nature

The 6s and 7s connected the organization of life with first hand observations on a warm November day.