Simple Machines Unit

The kids just LOVED this video.  We began the days lesson by reviewing who Rube Goldberg was and then watching this video inspired by the genius of his imagination and creativity.  The following link will take you to his biography and is a very good site...http://www.rubegoldberg.com/about
Please take care to note before watching the video that there is a lot of paint use throughout and that is why the man in the opening scene is covered in red.  Hes wearing a labcoat and when I first watched it, I immediately thought it was blood and almost turned it off.  Im happy I hung in there because it was only paint.  I cant wait to share the sketches the third graders did on what their contraptions might look like during the creative learning process on this our new unit on simple machines!!:)

Contraption Created By a 3rd Grade Student at Home.  Nice Job RJ  Goldberg!!  Maybe you are in fact in Mr Rube Goldbergs Family Tree!!:) 

I also received this picture via email.  It was created at home and I think really shows how inspired the students are by this unit.  Great job RJ!!  You are an inventor, creator and scientist!!  We are all proud of you!!:)

Bones In Our Leg

The following entry was written by Leah Hasby:

We are studying the bones in the leg.  These bones are the femur (thigh bone), fibula (small bone in lower leg), tibea (large bone in lower leg),  and patella (knee cap).  We learned all of these bones in our leg in class and took a test on them.  It was fun because our teacher, Mrs. Azoff, came up with funny ways to remember them and we read many books to help us.  One of the funny ways to remember the fibula is that a 'fib' is a small lie and our fibula is the small bone in our leg. 
We are also learning about the circulatory system.  Did you know that there are lots and lots of veins rapped around our legs?  Its true!!

The Human Heart and Other Organs

The following entry is by Luke Somers...

The whole third grade is working on building a human body with organs such as bladder, kidneys, liver, and lungs.  We worked in our table groups and traced one of the members of our group.  Now we are adding the organs to our human body tracing and are learning lots about each one!
I chose the heart image because its a real image and I found it to be interesting because its not fake.

Skeletal System

As an introduction to our new blog in third grade, we are proud to introduce a friend to our classroom...Mr Drybones (named by Mrs. Fitzpatrick's class) or Bob (named by Mrs. Serceki's class).  He is kind of a shy fella (his head is often slung to the side, so we do all that we can to help him feel welcome in our class each day.  We have learned lots about out skeletal system and Mr Drybones/Bob has deffinately enlightened our learning!  The following pictures were taken to show just a few of the things we have done in the classroom in our unit on the Human Body!! Click on the picture for a larger view.

Stay tuned for more as we grow in our learning and exploration of all things SCIENCE!!

Skeletal System Test