Experiment #3 from Friday’s Balloon Brain (see previous). Source

Experiment #2 from Friday’s Balloon Brain (see previous). Source

Experiment #1 from Friday’s Balloon Brain (see previous). Source

Our Fun Friday activity was called Balloon Brain. We discussed our brains and how they are protected by our skull and tissue. The students were then given a water balloon (brain), a piece of aluminum foil (skull), and newspaper (tissue), plus tape to hold it together. Then came the experiments to see what it would take to bust our brains. … Read More

We have started doing daily “Would you rather…” activities with the students. One student gets picked to draw a “would you rather” question out of the bag. That student then gets to call on students to answer the question. The rules are that the students must say why they picked the one they did. An example of a question: Would … Read More

Yesterday, Mrs. Brittany taught the students about the importance of bees. Then the students made Save the Bees bracelets. 🐝 Source

Dear Families, If you don’t know this, I have two children of my own, a 7-year-old son and a 14-year-old daughter. Recently, I have been struggling to find ways to talk about world events with them. I don’t want them to be frightened or worry about things, but I also don’t want them being totally naïve, or even worse, hearing … Read More

Check out our new app here: http://www.campbellcntyschs.tn.schools.bz/news/appleapp#sthash.iSZRO2KE.dpbs Campbell County Schools has a new app Source

When cold, winter rains keep the kids indoors (and parents on edge), turn to some creative indoor activities for fun and relief from sibling bickering. tiny.utk.edu/hdsm120#UTExtensionAfterschool 17 Fun Indoor Games and Activities for Kids Source

For Fun Friday, we did our ever-popular lesson called Windbags, which teaches Bernoulli’s Principle. This principle teaches that air can change how it works depending on how we use it. The students were first given the challenge, who has more hot air? Two students were chosen to blow up a windbag. As expected, the two students tried to do it … Read More