Terrariums and Potato Clocks

Mrs. Garbo's junior high science classes are off to a great start!  Both seventh and eighth grades learned the steps required of a scientific experiment.  To put the theory into practice, they performed an experiment with pennies and placing drops on the penny.  After gathering their data, they wrote a lab report to summarize their findings.

The seventh graders also learned about biomes.  Using their knowledge, they created terrariums, as shown in the pictures above.  The eighth graders made a clock using potatoes, copper, and zinc wires, and they learned why such a clock works.  In addition to their lab work, the students share a science current event with their classmates every week.