Shake, Rattle...Shake;)

In Science, we are deep in a unit on Earthquakes. The kids love learning about anything catastrophic like this. Below is a lab we did using Slinkys to model the two earthquake waves (P-primary and S-secondary) The kids showed each waves motion (up and down or side to side) and then taped masking tape to represent buildings and see how they'd move when each type of wave hit.

I'm PUMPED about our new math unit - almost as NOT-pumped as the kids;) Haha...the focus is on decimals, but the life lessons will be so valuable too! The end of unit goal will be to have them "purchase" items and be able to fluently calculate tax, shipping, and discounts. They ARE excited about that, but mostly because I told them they'll learn it and most adults can't do it. :)