08/26/2026
It’s electric!
Our 4th and 5th grade students kicked off their Energy unit of inquiry and put some energy (literally!) into learning. The morning was designed to get them moving, experimenting, questioning, and wondering in an epic event known as the 2026 Energy Olympics!
Students rotated through hands-on stations, exploring different forms of energy and seeing science come to life.
At the Chemical Energy station, students experimented with Mentos and Diet Coke and Alka-Seltzer and water, observing the reactions and considering how chemical energy can be transformed and released. And yes...more than just minds were blown by the results!
At the Mechanical Energy station, students headed to the archery range, where they experienced energy in action and explored how stored energy becomes motion when an arrow is released.
Throughout the Energy Olympics, students dove into hands-on activities that encouraged them to ask questions, make predictions, test their hypotheses, and, most importantly, think about why.
That’s what makes experiences like this so meaningful. Students aren’t simply learning about energy…they’re experiencing it, getting curious about it, and building real-world connections they can draw upon as their learning continues.
The Energy Olympics may have kicked off the unit, but the questions and discoveries are just getting started.
We’d say it was a blast... and we mean that literally! Thanks to the energetic volunteers who joined us and helped with the stations.
