🌥️ 6th Grade Earth Science: Cloud in a Jar Experiment! 🌥️
Today in 6th-grade Earth Science, we brought the sky into our classroom with our Cloud in a Jar experiment! ☁️🔬
Using just hot water, ice, and a little bit of hairspray, students created their own clouds inside a jar—witnessing firsthand how water vapor rises, cools, and condenses into tiny droplets, just like in the atmosphere! 🌡️❄️
Science is all about curiosity and discovery, and today was a great example of hands-on learning in action. Ask your student what they observed during the experiment! What did their cloud look like?
Who knew creating clouds could be so cool? (Or should we say… cold? ❄️😆)
Mrs. Walsh brought in her great-grandmother's phonograph for sixth graders to check out during social studies. Students learned what entertainment may have looked like for an immigrant in the 1900s. They were able to listen to a few songs and check out the Edison cylinders that play the music.
This past weekend, ACGC Junior Quinn Eisenbacher represented ACGC as a member of the MMEA All-State Choir at the Midwinter Convention in Minneapolis. Quinn auditioned for an All-State spot last March and was selected for the choir as an Alto I.
Students attended camp in August at St. John's University, where they met their guest conductor and attended long hours of rehearsals and sectionals, then presented a concert at the end of the camp. All of the young musicians met again in February to perform at Orchestra Hall. Both concerts are the result of great dedication and commitment by some of the most talented young musicians in Minnesota.
Tonight both our boys' and girls' basketball teams are in action!
Girls' Basketball hosts conference rivals, the Paynesville Bulldogs!
Boys Basketball travels to BOLD to battle the Warriors!
The livestream for both events are posted below. GO FALCONS! #SOAR
GBB livestream: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/mn/grove-city/organization/20009/atwater-cosmos-grove-high-school/
BBB livestream: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/bold-high-school-olivia-mn/Basketball
ACGC Softball Clothing Order
Online program ends on Mon, Feb 24, 2025. Order ships on approximately Tue, Mar 25, 2025.
https://programs.rambowinc.com/login.php?UserID=acgcsb&ReturnURL=https://www.rambow.com or Go to www.rambow.com and enter your form code: ACGCSB
3rd &4th grade bowling!
Weather related announcement:
ACGC Schools will start 2 HOURS LATE, Tuesday February 18th, 2025.
Kids are Great Daycare will also have 2 Hours Late start.
Tonight our Girls’ Basketball team hosts the MACCRAY Wolverines! It'll be a cold night, so dress warm and come on out to support your Falcons! The livestream is posted below.
GO FALCONS! #SOAR
Students read ‘Oh, How Times Have Changed’ and researched famous inventors before becoming ‘Inventors for a Day’. The results of this year’s 3rd grade inventors are:
•1st Place: Tessa Carlson…Super Pen
•2nd Place: Violet Elizondo…Read-O-Nator
•3rd Place: Lee Lopez…Do-It-All-Robot
Preschool BLT class!
Student Council put on an amazing Valentine Carnival for 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade students!
Today in Earth Science, our 6th graders dove into the fascinating world of Joan Murrell Owens and her groundbreaking work in oceanography and coral studies! 🪸🌎
Using a simple but powerful experiment, we explored how different ocean layers affect where corals can live. 🌊☀️
What We Did:
We layered honey (deep ocean 🌑), dish soap (twilight zone 🌘), and water (surface ocean ☀️) in a jar. Then, we dropped in sponge pieces to represent coral and observed where they settled.
What We Learned:
🔹 Corals need sunlight to grow, which is why they only thrive in the top ocean layer.
🔹 The deep ocean is too dark and dense for coral survival.
🔹 The twilight zone has some light but isn’t enough for coral to flourish.
🔹 The surface ocean provides just the right conditions for coral reefs to grow!
Joan Murrell Owens' research helped scientists better understand deep-sea coral species, and today, our students got a hands-on look at why coral reefs only exist in certain ocean layers.
Tonight both our Boys' and Girls' Basketball teams battle conference rivals!
Our Girls' Basketball team takes on the BBE Jaguars, while our Boys' Basketball team hosts the EVW Eagles! It's Food Shelf Night at home, so bring a non-perishable food item to the ticket booth and get in for FREE! GO FALCONS! #SOAR
BBB livestream: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/mn/grove-city/organization/20009/atwater-cosmos-grove-high-school/
GBB livestream: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/mn/belgrade/organization/18497/belgrade-brooten-elr-high-school
The Class of 2025 created a collaborative artwork and treats that were delivered to a local nursing home to celebrate Valentine's Day!
The ACGC National Honor Society is hosting a Food Shelf Night TONIGHT!! Your ticket to get into the Boys Basketball Game vs EVW tonight is a non-perishable food item. Cash donations are also accepted. All donations will be brought to the Meeker County Food Shelf. Thank you!!
Mrs. Heimerman's FLY group made Valentine Day boxes! They made cards and shared treats with each other!!
Floating Astronauts in 6th Grade Earth Science! ✨🚀
Today in 6th grade Earth Science, we explored how astronauts float in space with a fun and eye-opening zero-gravity simulation! 🌎🧪
Using water, vegetable oil, and small objects, students observed how different materials behave in different environments—just like in space! 🌌
🔬 Key Observations:
✅ Oil floated on top of the water because it is less dense 🌊
✅ Some objects sank, floated, or got suspended between layers, just like astronauts in microgravity! 🧑🚀
✅ We learned that gravity (or the lack of it!) changes how things move and interact!
This hands-on experiment helped us understand why there is no “up” or “down” in space and how astronauts experience a weightless environment. The classroom was filled with "whoa!" moments and plenty of scientific discoveries!
Last chance offer for Yearbooks! We will have a certain amount of over-run copies available based on our earlier projected yearbook sales, so you can still order a book if you forgot! Act fast though, when they're gone, that's it! Guarantee your copy today.
5th-12th Grade Yearbook Order Link:
https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A03950200
PK-4th Grade Yearbook Order Link:
https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A09869818
Atwater Cosmos Grove City School is making it easier to stay in touch with teachers and class information from that same app. Using the Atwater Cosmos Grove City School app you can easily switch from district and school information to Rooms where you can see your student's classes and engage directly with teachers.
Rooms can be accessed via the web and from our district app, which is available for free and can be used from both Apple and Android phones. To access Rooms, you will need to create a login and password.
More information can be found here: https://www.acgcfalcons.org/page/rooms-support
Tonight our Falcon Wrestling team travels to Canby for a Section 5A matchup with the Lancers! The winner advances to the Final Four this Saturday at Paynesville High School.
The livestream link is posted below.
GO FALCONS! #SOAR
Livestream: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/mn/canby/organization/16489/canby-high-school
