Sixth grade students in Mrs. Watkins class at Triton Elementary School enjoy the new rock climbing wall in Mr. Carpenter’s Physical Education class. (Pictured in bottom right are : Cole McKinney – Ashton Oviedo and the girl is Lauren Snyder). The wall is courtesy of the Triton Elementary PTO organization
Third graders in Mrs. Strycker’s class at Triton Elementary School have been studying plants and their parts. They have discovered that plants are more than roots, stems, and leaves. Plants have special structures that work like a straw to help roots pull liquid and nutrients from the soil and “suck it” upwards through the stem to the leaves and flowers. This is known as capillary action.
Students tested different varieties of string and paper to determine its capillary action and then recorded the results in their science notebooks. Learners used colored water to make it easier to watch the capillary action of their materials. They measured the distance traveled by the color paths, and took other observational notes from their experiments.
These results will help them with an engineering design challenge known as a “Bio-inspired Flower” from Purdue’s SLED (Science Learning Through Engineering Design) Program.
Pictured:
Adrian Rooney & Joshua Flenar
Katie Reichard & Ashlie McAndrews
Travis Barnhart & Nathan Schwartz
Triton High School seniors, Tanner Senff and Nicholas Harker, are shown in Mr. McPherson’s chemistry lab. The seniors are nearing the end of their years at Triton. Graduation will be June 5th.
