Second Graders Engineer Landscape Systems to Prevent Erosion

Second Grade Uses Models to Study the Effects of Erosion - NGSS Earth Science Standards

runoff from grass

no soil protection

We ran 600ml of water through three soil conditions- grass, organic cover, bare soil, and observed the run off.

organic matter!

Fifth and Sixth Grade Finch Coding Dance Party Videos - Join the fun!

We celebrated Hour of Code by holding a robot dance party!

Second Grade Does an Unplugged Activity for Hour of Code Week

Then they wrote code and ran the code for their "robot" friends.

Thanks to The Finch Robot Loan Program, WES Students Write Code To Instruct Their Robots

First Grade Does A Moon Phase Vocabulary Review Activity.

They also practiced cutting and gluing.

Second Grade Sorts Objects By Their State Of Matter.

Is it a solid, liquid, or gas?

We finished with a scientist meeting to compare our results and to contemplate the mystery substance - flour.  It pours, takes the shape of its container, and it makes clouds .  Which state of matter is it?

The WES STEM Lab Receives a Generous $500 Donation From Maplefields!

Thank You Maplefields for Supporting Science and Technology!

Second Grade Conducts Materials Testing