Gwyn Loud interactive science workshops continue for second, fourth graders

Tenacre’s Gwyn Loud Science Week has continued this week with interactive workshops for second and fourth graders. Second graders learned all about whales, by interacting with a giant inflatable whale measuring 100 feet long. The whale exhibit helped Tenacre students appreciate the immense scale of these ocean-dwelling mammals, their feeding habits, migratory routes, and how scientists can learn more about the health of the ocean by observing these creatures over time. Fourth graders built and tested paper rockets, an extension of their previous learning of the Engineering Design Process and Newton's 3rd law of motion, the action-reaction law. They tested them on Centennial field using an air propulsion system as the force. Gwyn Loud is a former Tenacre science teacher and co-head of school (1994–1995).