Science Teachers:

​Gina Allen - 8th Grade Science and Health - gallen@bccu2.org
Jackie Blumer - 6th and 7th Grade Science - jblumer@bccu2.org
Josh Cox - 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Science - jcox@bccu2.org
Amanda Goldsboro - 7th Grade Science - agoldsboro@bccu2.org
Erika Knolhoff - 7th Grade Science and Health - eknolhoff@bccu2.org
Terry Swalley - 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Science - tswalley@bccu2.org

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Mrs. Allen's 8th grade science classes have been learning about ecosystems and disturbances to them, such as litter.  Two classes helped the environment by picking up litter around the school.  Thanks to the students and Mrs. Allen!  Another unit completed by 8th graders this year was engineering.  During their first lab, students ​made a simplified system to help them identify the relationships between components, inputs, and outputs within the system.  For their second lab, students built prototypes of helmets and tested them to see whether they could withstand a crash.  The following students were able to create a helmet model that withstood the impact with the egg intact: Alyssa Rehkemper, Paige Mathias, and Mekylla Bico; Emma Price; Joely Dickenson, Ellyn Miller, and Kaydence Cook.  Andrew Lurkins and Tyson Ackerman and Dieken Graber, Quinn Mesnard, and Sam Kelly were able to keep their egg intact, but their models did not meet the criteria given.  Pictures from both labs are on the below!

Students in Mrs. Blumer's 6th-7th Grade Science classes have been very busy this school year designing and conducting several experiments.  Please watch the video above to see what has been happening. 

 7th graders have designed and built Roller Coasters, studied energy transformation with a rollback, designed, built and test Heat Shields for rocket return capsule, compared the density of objects Lab, studied the properties of Oobleck and viscosity tubes, compared physical and chemical changes with a Chemical Reaction Lab, designed a Cold Pack , turned Milk into Plastic, shared their knowledge with 1st graders during our 1st Grade Science Show, and designed, built, and tested hovercrafts.  

​6th Grade labs include: Apparent Motion of the Sun Lab, Moon Phases Lab, Design Challenge: Rocket, Rover, Spacesuit, Colony, Parallax Lab - Used to determine the distance of stars, Lunar Geology Lab, Communication labs:  Can we Talk, Puzzled, Challenger Learning Center Field Trip, Established a timeline for Earth's history, Ice Core Sampling Lab, Hour of Code - Computer Science Lab, Rock Lab, and Researched and modeled Geologic Feature's future.

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Mrs. Goldsboro's 7th grade science class created solar ovens to cook s'mores.  During this unit, they studied different types of thermal energy transfer, including radiation, conduction, and convection.   What a delicious experiment!

The 8th grade science classes recently completed a model car challenge!  Each class decided upon a list of criteria and constraints and build a model that met all of those requirements.  To develop their models, students had to think about limitations such as the materials available, the time they had to complete the car, and scientific principles that would affect the available solutions.  Some of the projects are pictured in the slideshow below.  Great job to everyone!