Imperial Schools - Diplomat Yearbook (Gladewater, TX)

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Although there is no formal scientifically oriented program among the elementary grades there are myriad opportunities for scientific investigation. A rainy day may eli- cit questions about what makes it rain, where does rain come from, or what causes thunder? The freshness of spring and the budding plant life are grand opportunities for the study of the beginnings and development of life. Students plant various types of seeds and learn from personal experience the law of biogenesis that life can come only from life and that all life reproduces after its own kind. Children are also able to observe the develop- ment of animal life in hatching chicks or rais- ing hamsters, kangaroo rats, guinea pigs, tropical fish or family pets. Even structured stress analysis is investigated in such construc- tion activities as building a 13-foot span sus- pension bridge from craft sticks and string. Magnetism and electricity are not just talked about but shown how they can be construc- tively used as in electric motors fwhich stu- dents construct for themselvesj, or tape re- cordings fwhich they make repeatedlyj. Students experiencing the shock of static electricity as they walk across the rugs of their classrooms on a very dry day open up a whole field for scientific discussion and experimen- tation. E E

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2 T W ' -:-.Mes-I' .. ' lit ss fsggm LQ T i ing Knowledge Hatching Peeps The second grade class, under the direc- tion of Mrs. Colby, studies the process of life development. Fertile eggs of duck, pheasant, or chick- en are obtained and placed in an incu- bator that will hold 12 eggs. Incubation requires a warm moist atmosphere of lO3O F. which their thermostatically con- trolled incubator provides. After 36 hours of incubation an egg is opened to allow the students to see the tiny question-mark shaped embryo using its newly developed circulatory system. Furtherembryonic development is observed by the class by opening eggs on other days. They are able to see the formation of the eyes, leg and wing buds and finally the chick itself. After full incubation the remaining chicks hatch, The students make a small running pen in which the chicks can be observed by all. Then they write reports of what they have learned in the hatching of an egg. After two weeks of observation a student takes the chicks home to care for and raise.

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