Ison Springs Science Lab

Welcome to the Ison Springs Science Lab website.

Please click here to see the new photo gallery.

Fifth graders, please click here to view the cell model and how to make gac.

Holiday greetings from the Ison Springs Science Lab!

Thanks to all who participated in Science Night.  It was a blast!

Be on the lookout for information on our upcoming robotics club.

Photos will be up soon.

Thank you for your continued support.  Here’s an update.

Kindergarteners are moving things, from toy cars to hovering air pucks and floating boats to rolling geometric solids.  They have explored all kinds of motion, rolling and sliding, pushing and pulling, straight, zigzag, and round and round.   These kids have their motions down.  Up and coming: we will study the effects of gravity, with paper airplanes and dropping objects down two flights of stairs.

First graders are listening to vibrations high and low in pitch, loud and soft in volume, in their study of sound.  From tin can telephones to coat hangers and giant slinky’s, first graders have used some unique instruments to learn about how sound travels and how to describe sound.  Students are now learning the science that historic American figures discovered, from Benjamin Franklin’s electric charges to the first encounters with a Grizzly Bear by Lewis and Clark.

Second graders experienced changes in states of matter, including the strange transition of Carbon Dioxide from solid dry ice straight to foggy gas, and the delicious freezing of milk and cream to ice cream.  Upcoming, we will learn how ice, water, and wind erosion shape our planet, from mountains to valleys to great lakes.

Third graders created their own rocks from crayons, scraping them apart to model weathering, pushing them together to model erosion and forming a sedimentary rock; heat and pressure formed a metamorphic rock; and with enough heat, we formed liquid crayon to cool into igneous rock.  We have taken rocks through all the paces of weathering, from the pounding of rain to the cracking power of freezing ice, and the paces of erosion, from blowing wind, pouring rain, and scraping glaciers.  Soon we will discover what rocks can leave behind, the evidence of life we call fossils.

Fourth graders are exploring the planet, following the routes of great explorers across the globe, exploring the change in their neighborhoods, including the new houses, buildings, and schools over the past several years, as seen on Google Earth.  We are just beginning to explore beyond the planet, to the moon, other planets, and the stars as we discover our surroundings in the unimaginable vastness of space.

Fifth graders are learning the mysteries of life, from dissecting earthworms to peering through a microscope into the bizarre world of microorganisms, tiny creatures too small to see with the naked eye.  Their eyes open wide as they explore new things.  Soon we will discover how we are the same and how we are different, and how each person’s traits came to be. 

Please check our updated supply list.
Special Thanks to:

Elia Matamora
André Forrester
Janie Kaufman
Erikal Aguilar
Maria Montes
Heidi McFalnel
Jennifer Chidiac
Tasha McCall
Frances Bostick
Alaysia Myton
Melanie Haynes
Sarah Madojema
Tanisha Williams
Rosa Elena Vargas
Shannon Parker
Tony Reid
Marie Ortavetz
Burdett Family
Tierra Williams
Aurora Mendoza
Becky Jameson
Jeremiah Degbou
Monireh Zekavati
Rose Romelis
Mary Balbuena
Shanna Lamar
Thomas Shoju
Diana Moran
Maviania Kaba
Josephine Shaju
Arletrice Green
Yesenia Avila
Lilly Espinosa
Rema Cabrera
Judyya Chisolm
La Diamond Seye
Cinnamon Gutiemez
Kim Lee
Stacy Doctor
Jessicca Pedraza
Kelly Reid

For their generous support!