** UPDATE- March 13, 2020- Please see below for 4th grade work to be completed during possible school closures:
Fourth grade students complete three Project Lead the Way modules:
- Energy: Collisions
- Two types of energy- Potential vs. Kinetic Energy, Collisions
- Using VEX building kits- Build and experiement with a pendulum and a vehicle released from different height on a ramp.
- Final Problem- Modify your vehicle to keep an egg passenger from breaking on impact!!
- Human Brain
- Parts of the brain
- Build and label a brain model using modeling clay, Our Senses as inputs and muscles as outputs for the nervous system, Reaction Time and Memory
- Final Problem- Create a video for other studenst on concussion symptoms or concussion prevention!
- Energy: Conversion
- Eneregy Sources/Reneable & Non-Renewable, Conversion of forms of energy from one type to another
- Using VEX building kits- Build and experiement with a bicycle and a pulley system, Exploration centers with hand warmers, glow sticks, electricity generator
- Final Problem- Build a model system for students to use to unload boxes at food pantry from a food drive.