2019 Seabury Science Fair is a Winner in So Many Ways

Asking questions

Thinking like a scientist

Explaining our project to our friends

Middle school teacher investing in a first grader

Investigating a passion for our earth

Documenting  scientific thinking

Teaching our classmates

Learning a new word: flocculant

Being curious 

Drawing conclusions

Experimenting at home 

Presenting our findings

Wondering how many helium balloons 

would it take 

to lift you off the ground

Keeping a journal

Figuring out how to figure it out!

One Lego girl causes one balloon to go up. 

Two Lego girls causes one balloon to go down.

Doing the math

Coming up with unique ideas

More experimenting

Making creative boards

Asking practical questions

Cutting the bait

Testing: yellow, red, blue, or green?

Graphing: yellow wins!

Learning something new every day

Past Navigators reminiscing

Connecting with our school-mates

Family and friends filling our classroom

Our principal and librarian learning from everyone's hard work

These, and so many more, are the reasons why Seabury Science Fairs are such fun, enriching, community-building annual activities.

Thank you, students and parents, for giving it your all. 

Good luck to the many students 

who are participating in 

the regional and state fairs. 

The Joy of Geodes

We've got our ordinary looking rocks...

...and discover that, as is often the case in life, 

it's what in the inside that counts!

The Navigators and their geodes 

are both full of sparkly treasures!

A Real Life Treasure Hunt at Jerry's Rock and Gem

One of my favorite field trips in our two year science rotation is to go to Jerry's Rock and Gem, a shop in the Kent valley that is owned and operated by Dr. Joan, a paleontologist and geologist with a passion for all things that first and seconds graders love. She also has a passion for sharing her passion with future scientists, the first and second graders at Seabury School!

We're ready to learn from the expert!

Dr. Joan has a PhD in both paleontology and geology.

She has traveled the world doing dinosaur digs. 

Oohing and aaahing over the huge amethyst geodes.

Experiencing the lightness of a pumice rock.

This dinosaur bone is almost as tall as me!

With $5 in our pockets, it's time to go shopping!

So much to choose from.

These girls choose rock bracelets.

How much are these? 

She finds her birthstone.

So many treasures to choose from. 

She'll have to come back again!

Posing in front of Jerry, a prehistoric cave bear.

So much to see including this cast of a triceratops skull.

A passion launched: this past student dressed up as wulfenite for Halloween the year after our trip to Jerry's Rock and Gem. 

We all went home that day with pockets full of treasure to add to our collections of cool rocks, fond memories, and meaningful learning.

EDUCATION AT SEABURY SCHOOL WORKS!