Canton students become scientists

Special to The Canton News 

Second graders at Canton Elementary recently participated in an oobleck lab. Oobleck behaves like a liquid sometimes, and a solid at other times. If the oobleck is pressed on, it acts like a solid and feels hard. Other times, it doesn’t keep its shape and behaves like a liquid. This is because, when you press on the oobleck, the water gets trapped in between the pieces of cornstarch. The harder you press, the firmer the oobleck becomes.

McNeal students build planets

Lab Fridays at McNeal Elementary school are an exciting day for all students. Fifth-grade scientists in Ms. T. Smith’s class got hands-on and built their own models of the solar system based on the characteristics of each planet—bringing learning to life, one planet at a time!

McNeal’s fifth graders make it fly

Mrs. T. Smith’s fifth-grade science class at McNeal Elementary recently engaged in their first mini STEM challenge as they learned about the forces at work behind their straw airplanes. 
 

Canton Academy students learn about bacteria growth

Coach Ratcliff’s biology class at Canton Academy recently undertook an experiment in which they grew bacteria over a span of several days. The students swabbed each other’s hands after some washed with soap/water and others with hand sanitizer. They then discussed which hand cleaning method killed the most bacteria.

Canton’s Panthers dissect pickles

Rest in peace, pickle friends! Ms. Moseley’s human anatomy and physiology class at Canton Academy recently participated in a Pickle Autopsy Lab. Students used newly-learned anatomical vocabulary and observation to determine and report each pickle’s cause of death.