Month: September 2019

OWL PELLETS 9/29

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This week we worked with owl pellets. They looked something like this:
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We were split into groups of two and our goal was to get a sufficient amount of pellets to create an ugly beast, a picture on a piece of paper made out of bones glued to the paper. We found lots of bones and it was gross, very gross. We did this because we needed to learn about the bones of rodents and a way scientists can learn about animals. I learned that owls eat rodents without chewing.

I preferred the day when we all felt dead so we got to watch HOOT. (Yes Shane, if the parents see this, they will know.) We watched a good first thirty minutes of the movie.

After studying owl pellets, my question are:

  1. What kind of owl was it?
  2. What would it be like to dissect the rodents ?
  3. Why are the pellets grey?

 

 

 

ALKA SELTZER PILLS 9/22

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In our first week of 6th grade science, Aidan and I worked on measuring Alka Seltzer tablets and the size of the explosions according to the size of the pill. We put some water in with tablets of different sizes in plastic vials, put the lids on, set them on the ground outside, and waited for fizz fizz pop pop and the big explosions to happen. We measured how high the vials shot up into the air using a tape measure taped to a flag pole.

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We did this experiment because it was a fun thing that we could do at the start of the year that involved measuring and fizz fizz pop pop and we made charts and recorded our data. I learned how to make a chart on G sheets,how to accurately record data and how to have fun with chemistry.

After the experiments, my questions were:

1.How high can an Alka Seltzer explosion go with no restrictions like weight or bad aerodynamics?

2. Can we do it with a really big jug of water and a bunch of Alka Seltzer?

3.Can we do this again now that we have knowledge on what works and see how high we can get them?

OUR RESULTS: