Strong Bones!
What happens when vinegar dissolves calcium in bones? The students in Mrs. Miller's Upper Elementary class are conducting an experiment to find the answer to that question.
Making Whoopie Pies!
Lower Elementary students at Brookeside Montessori School made whoopie pies as part of their cultural studies of Pennsylvania. According to the Discover Lancaster website, whoopie pies were created by Lancaster’s Amish and Pennsylvania German communities.
National STEAM Day 2022
The Upper Elementary Class celebrated National STEAM Day with a fun Engineering project. Teams built weight-bearing structures out of spaghetti and marshmallows!
Building an arch out of pancakes and pies!
That was just one of the ideas from the story Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty. Students in Kindergarten - 6th grade listened to the story of Iggy during this week's STEAM classes. Afterwards the children used their math and engineering skills to plan and build structures with only toothpicks and Play Doh.
Elementary Unit on Plant Cells
Elementary is beginning to wrap up a unit on plant cells! We have worked very hard and wanted to bring our skills into the kitchen by making plant cell pizzas. We made two pizzas, one with tomato sauce and one with pesto sauce. This classroom of scientists took turns identifying parts, placing the edible version on the crust, and then labeling on a poster chart for comparison.