What Do You Think?

May 27th, 2008 | What Do You Think? | 40 comments   

Would you please write about your thoughts about the Blogging we have done the past several weeks? These are the questions I want you to respond to (remember to be respectful):

Have you enjoyed Blogging? Explain why.

Have you learned anything from this Blogging experience? Explain.

Do you think Mr. C should do this again next year with his new 4th graders? Why?

Hot/Cold Pop Can Hypothesis

May 27th, 2008 | Hot/Cold Pop Can Hypothesis | 42 comments   

What do you hypothesize will happen when Mr. Carpenter takes the pop can from the very hot water and places it into the very cold water? Remember to be specific and answer the question with your thoughts.

Balloon Copter Analysis

May 13th, 2008 | Balloon Copter Analysis | 19 comments   

This is the analysis step of the Scientific Method. Please tell Mr. C your observations of what happened when we carried out the Balloon Copter experiment. Remember, be specific and detailed!

Balloon Copter Hypothesis

May 12th, 2008 | Balloon Copter Hypothesis | 41 comments   

What do you think will happen when Mr. Carpenter releases the balloon? How far do you think the device will travel?

Pop/Mentos Analysis

May 8th, 2008 | Pop/Mentos Analysis | 38 comments   

We have done the Purpose, Research, Hypothesis, and Experiment stages of the Scientific Method. The next step is the Analysis phase, where you will write down your observations and data from the Experiment step.

Please write your observations from our demonstration, or experiment, that we did yesterday outside. Please be as specific and descriptive as you can in order to make a good analysis.

Pop/Mentos Hypothesis

May 5th, 2008 | Pop/Mentos Hypothesis | 42 comments   

For the week of May 5, we are experimenting with pop (soda) and Mentos as we study the Scientific Method. In the experiment, we will drop the Mentos into the pop and observe what happens. Remember, your responses need to be on topic, or Mr. Carpenter will delete them. The question you need to answer with your blogging response is:

Construct your hypothesis, what do you think will happen when the Mentos and pop combine?