A Problem By Robin

A Problem 

By Robin

Figures, numbers, calculations,

whirling round within my mind.

Trying to sum up their speach

Never quite able to.

They always add

another figure just so they go on. 

Once you finish you feel stronger.

Yet you also feel weaker...

Housy Railroad By Cailyn

Housy Railroad
Poem and Photo By Cailyn

On the Housy railroad,
we walked.
On the tracks we follow.
We stopped for the view,
The beautiful dusk sky.
Sun shining against the broken glass.
Over the underpass we skipped.
Night sky kicking in,
As we walked on the tracks.

Our class story By Olivia

Our class story

   By Olivia     

                 

For the past couple of weeks we have been working on a class story that will be published by one of our classmate’s dad. It took a lot of hard work but it was worth it. Right now we are just about done with our final draft and all we need to do is vote on a title. Yesterday at the end of the day those who wanted to,  wrote on a piece of paper the title they wanted to have as the story. Now today Ms. Cosel is going to have all the titles up on the board these are some of the titles:

The portal ventures

What the?

 Journey to the mysterious island

       The adventure of Isabelle and Eli

The mysterious journey

The journey

This afternoon we drew and the one who had the most was The Journey.  After we drew we got straight to the editing. We made so many changes! Oh, I can’t believe I forgot to tell you about the story! So, there is a girl named Isabelle and a boy named Eli and they go on a crazy adventure. The first place is a different dimension, then in a person’s nose, and last the ocean. They meet lots of different cool creatures and they work together to achieve lots of goals and most importantly have fun. We all are going to get a copy of the book and we are doing the illustrations our self’s. It will hopefully be a great success and we are very thankful to our classmate’s dad. If he didn’t offer we wouldn’t have the opportunely to do this so thank you!... and good night or day which ever time you are reading this. 

LEARNING ABOUT THE WATERSHED

LEARNING ABOUT THE WATERSHED by Curt & Jacob

Today we had a guest speaker come her name was Mrs. Raftery. She came to talk about a water shed we interviewed Mrs. Raftery and she said that being a river water naturalist was fun and she thinks it makes people safe. she likes the job because she likes teaching out doors and she was also a since teacher before she was a naturalist. we learned allot and thank her very much.

Chemistry Visit By Ashley Glass & Emily Martin

Claire, Elsie, Angela, Mrs. Baldwin, and Emily observing the combustion of magnesium!

Chemistry Visit By Ashley Glass & Emily Martin, Monument Mountain High School


On Monday, April 3rd, our chemistry class had the pleasure of giving Elsie and Claire a preview of what we do. They arrived cheery and curious and looked ready to go in the proper lab attire we gave them. To start off, Elsie worked with Fay Lee and I on finishing our Heat Capacity Lab. She watched us stir solids into liquids and she learned how to use the scale and thermometer. After patiently observing and asking great questions, we were able to move onto the fun stuff. Elsie and Claire got to see the combustion of a magnesium strip which produced an incredible light AND they helped put together the reaction of copper nitrate solution and a piece of aluminum wire. Throughout the experiments they were taught more about lab safety such as always wearing your goggles and washing your hands. Both Elsie and Claire asked great questions as we explained what our experiments had to do with some of the things they had learned from their own periodic table project. With a lot to think about, Elsie and Claire left the class with a few chemistry tokens to take back including their yet-to-be-reacted beakers of copper nitrate, lab aprons, and of course their chemistry goggles!
-By Ashley Glass

Last week, I got the privilege of working with Claire and Elsie from Ms. Cosel’s fourth grade class at Muddy Brook. My classmates (Angela, Ashley and Fay Lee) and I had so much fun, and I think Claire and Elsie did too! We were able to give them a taste of what working in the chemistry lab is all about. First, we had to make sure they were properly geared up with goggles and a lab apron, and then showed them the showers, eye wash station, fire blanket and fire extinguisher. Safety first! Then, it was time to get to work. Claire helped me and Angela finish up the experiment we were working on involving the heat capacity of different solutions. Then, we started out discussing some of the basics, the difference between chemical and physical changes and how to know when either has occurred. We set up the reaction between copper nitrate and aluminum by measuring out solution, cutting and weighing wire and taking the temperature of the solution. Unfortunately, we didn’t see much happening. You never know what is going to happen in the lab! While we were waiting for that reaction to occur, we saw something really different and fun; the combustion of magnesium! As Claire and Elsie could tell you, it is pretty cool. When magnesium combusts, it gives off a great amount of energy in the form of light. The little strip of metal turns into what looks like a bright chunk of glowing sun! It was so great being able to share some of the fun of chemistry with Claire and Elsie. Hopefully, we will be able to get more of the younger students up to work with us in the future, because it is a great experience both for them and for us at the high school. Thank you Claire, Elsie and Ms. Cosel for making it all happen! (and Mrs. Baldwin too ☺)
-By Emily Martin