Over the past week, a number of students in grades six through eight represented NDES at both the Ohio Science Day district competition at the University of Akron and the Northeast Ohio Science and Engineering Fair (NEOSEF) at Cleveland State University.
Science Fair Opportunities
Over the past week, a number of students in grades six through eight represented NDES at both the Ohio Science Day district competition at the University of Akron and the Northeast Ohio Science and Engineering Fair (NEOSEF) at Cleveland State University.
The following students participated in the Ohio Science Day: Sydney Atkinson, Roman Preziuso, Jacklyn Rulison, Margaret O’Brien, Ava Mulchin and Ellie Bottino. Sydney Atkinson and Jacklyn Rulison were invited to move on to the state competition in Columbus on May 11.
Participating in NEOSEF were Erika Beinhardt, Andrea Ivanko, Parker Hegrat and Ava Intelisano. Erika Beinhardt and Andrea Ivanko received third place awards in their categories. Andrea also received a special award from Broadcom Masters. Parker Hegrat and Ava Intelisano received Honorable Mention awards in their categories.
March Elementary Adventures
Kindergartners in Mrs. Wachob’s classroom celebrated St. Patrick’s Day in a number of ways. Beginning in religion class, they demonstrated how St. Patrick used a shamrock to teach others about the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. In reading, they wrote creative stories about finding a pot of gold. During math, they counted and graphed marshmallows inside their Lucky Charms snack. In science, students learned that when light is bent, all seven colors of the rainbow can be seen. In social studies, they found Ireland and the United States on the globe and made Venn diagrams to compare flag colors.
Second-grade students participated in a hands-on fossil lab as part of their plant and animal exploration unit. Students learned about the formation of fossils and what we can learn from these preserved remains of once-living plants and animals. They learned that paleontologists can discover how plants and animals looked based on their skeletal structure, discover what the animals ate and where they lived and how they died. Students had the opportunity to make their own fossil by using plaster, water and vegetable oil to make a cast of a seashell.
Students in Mrs. Modarelli’s second-grade class used solid figure shapes created at school. Mrs. Davis, STEM teacher, used the 3-D printer to create solid figures to be used as manipulatives. Students explored the shapes to discover their attributes including faces, edges and vertices. In the lesson, they were identifying which plane figures can be traced from the faces of all solid figure shapes.
The third-grade has been learning about fractions. Students used Smarties to find the fraction of each color, ordered fractions from greatest to least, compared fractions, found equivalent fractions and then ate their Smarties.
