Kramer Lane Elementary School

Fourth grader students at Kramer Lane Elementary School visited the school’s STEM Lab classroom during the week of September 19-23 for interactive lessons all about waves.

Through different experiments, the students were able to define what a wave is and the different parts of a wave. Along with their classroom teacher, STEM Lab teacher assistant Ms. Brunjes helped lead the students in the lessons.

The fourth graders explored the motion of an object with a slinky which served as a wave. Students were challenged to place a foam ball in a slinky and figure out how to keep the ball from moving as the slinky moves. They worked in small groups and took turns with the slinky as they made observations. The students learned that with their hand movement, the slinky was consistent and the ball remained in one spot. The fourth graders then gathered as a class to discuss their findings with their teacher and peers and filled out their science workbook.