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Science & Animatronics

by | Mar 29, 2024 | Missouri

Discovery Center in Springfield

Todday McKenna visits Discovery Center to learn about Animatronics and the care that keeps the dinosaurs moving and realistic.

6-8.ETS1.A Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.

Space Exploration

by | Mar 29, 2024 | Missouri

Challenger Learning Center

Space exploration is growing and involves more than a few astronauts. Today we learn about some of the missions of the past and what is ahead, from radioactive rocks to finding water and ice.

ST.1.B.6-8 a.Identify the link between technological developments and thescientific discoveries made possible through their development (e.g.,Hubble telescope and stellar evolution, composition and structure ofthe universe; the electron microscope and cell organelles; sonar andthe composition of the Earth; manned and unmanned space missionsand space exploration; Doppler radar and weather conditions; MRIand CAT-scans and brain activity)

Glades and Conservation

by | Feb 25, 2024 | Missouri

Shoal Creek Conservation Education Center
Visit the only Chert Glade in the world with us today to learn about this desert type environment and its inhabitants.
“LS2 – Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
A. Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems”

Growing plants Vertically and Rocket Launching

by | Feb 25, 2024 | Missouri

Discovery Center in Springfield

Up! Up! Up! From growing plants in towers to building and launching rockets, today’s science is totally up in the air.
“6-8.LS1.C Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.
LO.1.A.8.a Recognize that most plants and animals require food and oxygen (needed to release the energy from that food) ME.2.D.7 c. Explain that a change in motion is the result of an unbalanced force acting upon an object
d. Explain how the acceleration of a moving object is affected by the amount of net force applied and the mass of the object ME.F.2.8.a Identify the evidence of different energy transformations (e.g., explosion of light, heat, and sound, temperature change, electrical charge) that may occur as chemical energy is released during a chemical reaction”

Swamps & Habitats

by | Feb 25, 2024 | Missouri

Cape Girardeau Nature Center
Join Claire today to learn what types of vegetation and animals make swamps their habitats and the benefits they provide.
“LS2 – Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
A. Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems”

3D Printing

by | Feb 25, 2024 | Missouri

Discovery Center in Springfield
Today we learn about the materials and processes of 3D printing and how it benefits us today.
“6‐8.IC.C.01 Compare tradeoffs associated with computing technologies that have impacted people’s activities, careers and lives when solving global problems using the power of computing. B. Developing Possible Solutions
6-8-ETS1.B.1 Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.”