Volcano Experiment

Community Service = Diamondbacks

All 6th graders from our district had to do 5 hours of community service in order to go to a Diamondbacks game. Here is a list of some of the things that students did...

• Read books to kids to expand literacy


• Helped other kids with homework


• Cleaned yards to beautify the community


• Cooked for a family member


• Served food at a shelter


• Cleaned the park


• Made crosses to donate to a church


• Made cards for soldiers


• Cleaned the park


• among many other things.

Every student that went to the game received a free ticket to watch a D-backs game, D-backs T-shirt and a free meal from the concession stand.


We first gathered at a park near Chase Field to have a Rally. Baxter was there hyping up the kids... (they really didn't need help getting loud) One student from every school won a BIG prize for giving the most outstanding service. Our very own Ashlie was the winner from our school. Her service was making crosses for a church & cards for soldiers. Ashlie won a backpack full of LOTS of goodies like a D-backs jersey, t-shirt, d-backs bat, bracelets, d-backs rattle and other things. For many of our students, it was the very first time they had ever seen a baseball game at Chase Field.

Air Masses Experiment

Our objective for this experiment was to investigate what happens when air masses of different temperature and humidity conditions meet."

JOE: I liked this experiment because I enjoyed playing with the fire. It was cool to see how the smoke moved slowly to the top with cold air masses and it went fast with hot air masses.




PABLO - It was fun. I learned that two hot Air Masses in the convection tubes become foggy.


JULIA says... Event though the smoke filled air smelled nasty that I couldn't breath, but it was a good experiment because it was fun and educational.

ERICK: I noticed that when the air masses meet they moved around a lot. It was kind of like they were dancing.

BERTHA says... We were working with Air Masses. I was able to lean what happens when hot air and cold air meet.

ALVARO says... It was so cool and I learned something new about the consequences when Air Masses meet.

JESSICA says... I agree with the bad smell and it gave me a headache but it was fun because we didn't have to write a lot but we did have to experiment how the Air Masses move.

RUBEN: I learned that Science is actually pretty fun. I have enjoyed working with my group because we help each other out a lot.

JUAN: We used a punk stick to create smoke (clouds). The smoke from the hot tube pretty much moving around and the smoke from the ice was kind of hiding.

DON'T PLAY WITH FIRE!!!

Teamwork always gets the job done right!

The Preamble

My students were given plenty of time to learn the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution. Only five out of twenty-five students memorized it by the due date. Way to go to those students that did it! Two students worked together to learn it in a song form, which I thought was rather cute and clever!

(push play to hear Ruben & Alvaro sing)

Words of the Preamble & What the Words Mean

We the people of the United States

all citizens of the US

In order to form a more perfect union
to make everything in our country as perfect as possible

Establish justice
begin fairness for all

Insure domestic tranquility
promise that everything in our country will be peaceful

Provide for the common defense
give protection to everyone

Promote the general welfare
care for those in need


Secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity
make sure freedom and fairness continues for ourselves and all our children and their children and their children and every generation to come

Do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America
approve of and begin the Constitution of the United States

Field Day

We had a fabulous time on field day. Each grade level had their own activities. The 6th graders got to watch a juggler then they went outdoors for fun some activities. They had several rotations which included...

1. Egg Toss (kinda messy.. but fun)
2. Sponge Race (where you fill a bucket of water with a sponge)
3. Sack Races (many fell.. but they all got up and finished the race - yay for perseverance!)
4. Tug a War (Mr Medina's class were the champs - they beat us hands down!)
5. Egg on Spoon Race
6. "Pie" eating contest (it wasn't really a pie.. it was just whipped cream & they had to find a 'prize' inside the pie tin under all the whipped cream - this too got super messy)

After the fun field-day activities, we had the privilege of having food grilled for us outdoors. THANKS! It was delicious! The students were able to eat their lunch outside under a tree. It was a little windy, but the kids enjoyed being outdoors instead of in the cafeteria.



Unfortunately I didn't get around to taking any pictures with the exception of the pie eating.

Creating a Vortex

For Science we have been learning about Catastrophic Events.

One of the may things that students have learned is that many large thunderstorms come together over ocean water and begin to swirl like a vortex. When this vortex becomes powerful enough, it is called a hurricane.

One of the several experiments that we have done in class was to create a vortex. Through this experiment, students also learned that in order for the water to flow down - the air must flow up.

I absolutely love to see my young scientists completely engaged in their learning!

This was a great success and students really enjoyed this hands on experiment.

NBA Challenge

The NBA Challenge was a great experience for many students. To be eligible to participate in this big event - students had to eat healthy, exercise & do community service. Students had to get a sheet signed off after they did these things every day, which was a challenge in itself.


It was tough for some students but they were able to get it done. From our school - the challenge started out with over 200 students and only 25 students endured to the end. Our entire class was able to attend the challenge. I was so proud of all the students that 'survived' till the end.

There were about 3,000 students from all around the Phoenix Area in the Suns arena. All the students were able to watch an exciting game. Every single student there received a goodie bag as well as a jersey and a lanyard. At the game they were able to visit with each other, eat dinner for free and enjoy the amazing dunk contest by the various mascots that were there. During half time our students enjoyed watching a concert by Corbin Bleu. It was a very long evening, but well worth it.. My kids did a fabulous job and they deserved it. Well done my happy campers!