Mrs. Pau’s students run light through a variety of objects to learn about transparency. Click on the bottom of the thumbnail (not the play icon) to play the slideshow.
May
18
2010
Sunlight - Grade 5, Ha`aheo
These 5th graders are very engaged in learning about why there’s daylight and how to convert the sun’s rays into electricty. Click on the bottom of the thumbnail (not the play icon) to start the slide show.
A movie of this activity is also posted.
May
18
2010
A Disappearing Act - grade 1, Ha`aheo
Haaheo’s first grade scientists working to understand what happens to water on a sunny day. Click on the bottom of the thumbnail (not the green icon) to play the slide show.
May
18
2010
Sorting Eggs - grade 6, Ha`aheo
This serious scientists decipher patterns on paper eggs and then sort them according to a schema of their device. This lesson gives them experience to understand how the periodic table of elements is organized. Click the bottom of the thumbnail to play the slide show.
A movie of this activity is also posted.
May
13
2010
Cleaning An Oil Spill - grade 2, Ha`aheo
Mrs. Shimabukuro’s students simulate an oil spill and try to devise a way to clean it up. Click on the bottom of the thumbnail image to play the slide show.
A movie of this activity is also posted.
Apr
29
2010
Ka`umana Q4 collection
A recent visit to Ka`umana Elem. School uncovered a world of science happening in grades K through 6. Click on the bottom of the picture to play the slideshow.
Apr
26
2010
Mrs. Macleod’s Light Lesson (gr3 Ha`aheo)
These 3rd graders go through all the steps of the scientific process while having fun learning about light.
Apr
26
2010
Making Flubber at Ka`umana Elem. School
These 1st graders enjoyed watching a liquid turn into a solid as they mixed and made flubber! Click on the bottom of the picture to play the slideshow.
Apr
14
2010
Rock Train (gr. 2, Hilo Union)
Leeann Ragasa’s students were engaged and excited as they worked in pairs to categorize a collection of rocks by weight, size, and texture.