Cells culminating activity

The students created a plant cell using candy, a crazy straw and beads. They all created their own cells while chanting the part and its job. We then made one GIANT class cell together in two plastic baggies representing the cell wall and cell membrane. We used the same candy for the same parts and added a nucleus (pink gum ball), cytoplasm (vegetable oil), and a vacuole (pink balloon filled with water). They loved chanting the jobs of the parts and touching the cell. Today they got to use the Mimio votes to answer questions based on this project. Great job class!!!

Force culminating activity

The students of all fifth grade classes were split into groups of three to four people. They were asked to create a car using all the same materials and were asked to applying their knowledge of force to the creation. All their hard work paid off because at the end the three classes discussed why the car that won was using force, gravity, momentum, and aerodynamics to its advantage. We all had a blast learning!

Our winning car for all of the fifth grade goes to:

Exciting day for Science in 5th grade!

Today was so exciting! Mr. Tygert came to talk to the students of all the fifth grades. He spoke about his job in hematology, cells, blood banking, viruses and laser technology. They all left the assembly excited about science! This is what it is all about.  Bringing real life experiences into the classroom to inspire the next generation. Thank you Mr. Tygert for putting on such a great presentation for DES and thank you students for being such a great audience with great questions. I could really tell you were both interested and paying attention from the wonderful questions you presented Mr. Tygert with. 

Here is a little about Mr. Tygert (AKA my little brother):

Graduated Schalmont 2008. Graduated Albany college of pharmacy and health sciences in 2012. Worked in hematology at Albany Med for two years. Have worked in cellular immunology department at Albany med for one year to now. Program representative for two years at acphs. My title is MLS(ASCP). Which stands for Medical Laboratory Scientist accredited through American Society for Clinical Pathology. 

Force projects and new playground equipment!

The students were set up in groups and they had to build cars with all the same materials: tape, two pieces of paper, four paper clips, four straws, and four lifesavers. Tomorrow we will be racing the other fifth grade classrooms AND having (my brother) Mr. Tygert come in to give a prevention to all the classes a presentation on cells and his work in the lab at Albany Med. 

We have new equipment on the playground! We are all so excited about it!! Thank you DCS staff and crew :) we are demonstrating being respectful, responsible and safe by going one at a time, waiting patiently for our turn, and cheering each other on!

PBIS Cheer!

Friday we had our second to last PBIS day at DES! 5S worked very hard on their cheer and they were so proud of themselves, as was I. Most importantly they had fun with it and showed great sportsmanship cheering for the other classes! Great job 5S! We'll get them next time :) Congrats to Mr. Lane's first grade class for taking home the big W!! Everyone at DES did a great job showing Duanesburg and PBIS pride! GO EAGLES!!!!