Mad Science of Jacksonville came to New Berlin Elementary to share their love of Science with us. We had the best time learning about POLYMERS! Our "Mad" Scientist taught us about gravity, showed us Florida "snow", did an experiment on "diaper science", melted Styrofoam cups in acetone, and let several of us volunteer! After spending time learning about POLYMERS, we went back to our classroom and made our own POLYMERS (bouncy balls)! Each bouncy ball only took about five minutes total to make and we had a blast! We were so excited about Science that we did our own experiments back in our classroom where we mixed two colors together to make a new color.
To celebrate Science this month, our class participated in the science fair. We planted Lima beans in a plastic bag with a wet paper towel. After "planting" our Lima beans, we put them in different places in the classroom to see if it had an effect on how the Lima beans grew. Unfortunately, we planted our Lima beans when we had the extreme cold front blow through Jacksonville and our plants did not turn out as well as we expected them to. We have promised the students that we will plant flower seeds soon to see if they turn out a little better.
