Independent Science Projects

In the final weeks of the school year, the class experienced and learned a lot about a variety of topics. Each student had three weeks to research a topic of their own choosing. They had to identify essential questions they would answer, document their learning, and share with the class. There were many great presentations and discussions that I wish we could have spent the whole year doing work like this!

I had hoped to collect links to all the presentation tools that the students shared, but the end of the year happened and they were gone!  Here are a few links and I will continue to populate this post as I receive them.  They are not the whole presentation, but it should give you a taste of what we experienced.
 
LC: Tracking of Marine Animals
KK: Solar Panel for Charging Laptop
KS: How to Make Ice Cream
CL : DNA Mapping Prezi
NW: Coral Reefs
SW: Oil Spills
SO: Color Preferences with Food
MG: Parallel Universes
IR: Dreams
MHS: Fetal Development
MDS: Science of Baseball Pitches
TD: Earthquakes
KG: Anger
MR: Chemical Reactions