Beyond the Textbook: Experiments Drive Forest Area Student Learning

  • Posted on: 11/19/25
Beyond the Textbook: Experiments Drive Forest Area Student Learning
Beyond the Textbook: Experiments Drive Forest Area Student Learning
Mrs. Olson’s 8th Grade Science class was conducting experiments using Mad Science labs. Students were given mystery ingredients and instructions on how to measure and combine the ingredients. Students had to observe what happened when the ingredients were combined to guess what the mystery ingredients were.
West Forest 8th grade science lab photo

Mrs. Schmidt’s 4th Grade Science class is learning about plant cells and animal cells. Students were doing some hands-on activities in comparing and contrasting the two different types of cells.

West Forest 4th grade science lab.