Laws Of Motion
Prior to the end of school, eighth-grade science students tested out Newton’s first law of motion with a classroom experiment. A little refresher course – Newton’s first law is often referred to as the law of inertia or more commonly – objects at rest stay at rest and objects in motion stay in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. Utilizing a loop launch, card shot and good catch, students got to test and see the principle play out first hand.
Senior Receives Grant
Cardinal High School graduate Nick Stupka received the Lester Marrison Book Grant for $1,000. The grant is given to one student whose school district is a member of the Northeast Region of the Ohio School Boards Association each year. Our district has 19 counties and 225 schools. Grant recipients must be graduating seniors who have plans to major in teacher education at an accredited college or university in Ohio. Nick plans to attend Ashland University in the fall and major in education with a concentration in integrated language arts.
Kindergartners Identify Insects
Insects took over the kindergarten wing of Jordak Elementary School on May 9. Mr. Zurbuch, the school’s science consultant, invaded classrooms with a lesson on insects.
Seven plastic models of adult insects, including an ant, grasshopper, bee, dragonfly, lady bug, butterfly and a house fly, were set up on different tables. Students were split into seven groups and given pictures of each insect in its “baby” form. Students then traveled from insect to insect putting the picture they thought went with the adult into the bag. It’s a great way to show students how things change as they grow since some of the baby insects look nothing like their adult form.
Stotts Coaster
The last weeks of school are always filled with culminating projects. Seventh-grade science was no different as students in Ms. Sharon Stotts’s classes built paper roller coasters and then used marbles to explore energy transfers. Once the roller coasters were complete, students calculated potential and kinetic energy of the marble at different points along the “ride” and then calculated and graphed mechanical energy of the system.