Scary Spaghetti!

Students have enjoyed Lab #2 in Stem Lab this week.  We began a study of the "Human Body," with an emphasis this lab on the senses of sight, hearing and touch.  Our Bible Infusion for this lab was based upon Psalm 139:14 -- "I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made." Younger students (Pre-1st - 3rd grade) began work on a booklet about our senses.  Fourth - sixth grades completed a lab sheet on the human sensory system.  (We will conclude our senses study next week, covering taste and smell.)

Students enjoyed our vision lab, discussing how the eye works much like a camera.  Older students  experimented with some really neat optical illusions pictures.  We also used listening skills to determine some common and unusual sounds.  Students recalled personal situations where certain sounds were heard. 

The students really enjoyed the "Mystery Boxes" part of lab this week.  Each mystery box contained familiar -- and some unfamiliar -- items.  Students used descriptive adjectives to describe what the items felt like, and classmates tried to guess based upon the verbal description.  Students quickly understood that this was sometimes difficult.  Most -- if not all -- students were amused by the mysterious box #10.  Squeals, screams and shrieks could be heard in the hallway as Mrs. Sweet guided each child's hand into the box.  Cold, clammy and disgusting were all adjectives used to describe the mysterious contents!  Students believe the box held worms, squids, guts, and other objects we will not discuss on the blog.  All seemed relieved, and a bit embarrassed, to realize they had been scared by a harmless bowl of cooked spaghetti noodles! 

The sixth grade girls lab group added some drama to the spaghetti mystery box!

The mystery boxes were a hit!  Our Tower Garden plants are also growing larger!