Matthew built part of a phantom projector. He used engineering and reading skills to follow the instructions and diagrams. We talked about positive and negative ends on the battery pack, and closed circuits.
Matthew used engineering skills to make a conveyor belt and a tumbler. He practiced his reading skills and learned how the tumbler moves by unbalanced forces. He learned that the tumbler is a compound machine.
Aiden completed the frog and toad dissection. He identified the following organs with help from a frog anatomy diagram: heart, liver, lungs, stomach, kidneys, small intestine, large intestine. He observed the specimens under the dissecting and compound light microscopes.
Matthew viewed a video about how robots work and how AI can make predictions. We discussed the key points from each video. He used various objects on the kitchen table to model the following concepts: push and pull force, friction, gravity.
Aiden took notes on prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. He viewed diagrams of plant and animal cells. He learned about plant and animal cells and drew diagrams of each. We discussed the characteristics of each.
Matthew and I used the parabola microphone he built to play a sound game: we measured the farthest distance that the microphone would pick up me speaking. He used the microphone to listen to various wild animals and distant sounds outside. We reviewed what an echo is.
