Fourth-grade students in Mrs. Stallone's STEM class learned about earthquakes and how engineers design buildings to reduce the damage they cause. Students made their own model buildings, using tuned mass dampers or base isolators to help the building stay standing. Students then used their SAMLabs kits to make an earthquake simulator that would shake, just like a real earthquake. The fourth graders put their designs to the test this week and enjoyed seeing the results of their hard work!
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Brain in Action: Exploring Reaction Time in 4th Grade Science
In 4th Grade Science, Mrs. Colucci and Barone’s class explored how the brain responds to a stimulus through a hands-on reaction time experiment. Students worked with partners to catch a falling ruler and recorded the centimeter mark where it was caught. This simple activity helped demonstrate how quickly the brain processes visual information and sends signals to the muscles to react. As the ruler dropped, students experienced firsthand how their eyes detected the movement, their brain processed the information, and their hand responded — all in a fraction of a second! The distance the … [Read more...] about Brain in Action: Exploring Reaction Time in 4th Grade Science
February Update – Parent Academy
Union Middle School Orientation
Please see the attached information from Mr. Schweitzer about the Union School Orientation for 6th grade students and parents. Also attached you will find a form to use as a reference when selecting your child's course requests. Course requests should be submitted through your child's PowerSchool account under class registration. Scheduling for Grade 6 students will begin on March 3rd with Mrs. Antoniello.