The Big Fish

At Live Oak, the group, Beach Party, was fishing at the dock on the Pedernales River. Almost everybody caught a fish, but the most impressive fish was Christian's Flathead Catfish. It weighed 5lb and 10 oz, and it was 26 inches long! It was a struggle trying to catch the fish. Two of the volunteer fishermen had to come over and reel it in!
"That's probably the biggest fish I've ever caught.'' Christian smiled.

Live Oak Fishing Part 2

Last week the fifth graders left to Live Oak and got to go fishing. We learned about the science behind fish.  We learned that fish don't technically breathe out their gills, the water flows through allowing them to, well, breathe without dying! The fish swim using their fins (obviously), but fish move their fins side to side which makes them able to swim. They stay afloat by using a thing called a swim bladder. "The fish were weird and hard to catch.", said Ahad. "I almost caught a fish, and I felt the excitement surging through me, but he got away from me!", exclaimed Spencer. "The fish was slimy so I dropped it on the deck.", squirmed John. See you next time on FTE Science!!!!

Sparky's Lab!

 

You may be wondering what Sparky's Lab is? Now you can find out! It all has to do with science of course and making a complete circuit in order to light a light bulb. A circuit is a flow of electricity, and Sparky's Lab can help you do that. You first need a wire, battery, and a mini light bulb (source, indicator, conductor). There are many ways to light the bulb with these items. Here is one of the ways: Put the battery standing up and put the light bulb on top (the positive side) and touch the wire to the light bulb and the negative side of the battery. Then- voilà! The bulb lights!

Energy!

Energy, energy, energy! We learned a lot about energy at Live Oak, but one of the coolest things we did at the energy station at Live Oak was the solar oven! Here you can learn all about it. First we put sliced up peaches in a tray and then sprinkled some cake mix and added some cherry pie filling (yum!) Then we took the tray full of peach cobbler out to the solar oven and placed it inside. We then went back inside to learn more about energy.

   After a while we went back outside to check on the peach cobbler. It was ready! After interviewing someone who ate the peach cobbler, they said, "It was delicious!" That's all about the Live Oak solar pannel!