{"id":2594,"date":"2026-06-15T11:33:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T03:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ntia.ctbc.edu.tw\/?post_type=news&#038;p=2594"},"modified":"2026-06-15T11:44:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T03:44:55","slug":"week-15-science-lab","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ntia.ctbc.edu.tw\/?news=week-15-science-lab","title":{"rendered":"Week 15 -Science Lab!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our students have had a fantastic month of hands-on science! In the classroom, they explored physical chemistry by creating &#8220;Oobleck,&#8221; a unique fluid that turns solid when squeezed and acts like a liquid when released. They also built their own low-voltage battery circuits to test which liquids can conduct electricity.<br>We also transformed the lab into an interactive zoology room! Students practiced safe handling and compared the unique traits of three live reptilian guests: a gentle African Fat-Tailed Gecko, a juvenile African Spurred Tortoise, and a Yellow-Spotted River Turtle. We learned how their shells and bodies are perfectly adapted for digging, swimming, or storing energy.<br>Finally, our rooftop garden box provided a wonderful, real-world lesson in botany. While our basil is thriving, our tomato plants experienced some browning, sparking a student-led investigation into how plants share soil and compete for water. Next week, we dive into Earth Systems with volcano modeling and the rock cycle!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"390\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/ntia.ctbc.edu.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4645.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ntia.ctbc.edu.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4645.jpg 390w, https:\/\/ntia.ctbc.edu.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4645-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"390\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/ntia.ctbc.edu.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4646.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ntia.ctbc.edu.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4646.jpg 390w, https:\/\/ntia.ctbc.edu.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4646-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our students have had a fantas &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[20],"class_list":["post-2594","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-cia-campus-news-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ntia.ctbc.edu.tw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/news\/2594"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ntia.ctbc.edu.tw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ntia.ctbc.edu.tw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ntia.ctbc.edu.tw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ntia.ctbc.edu.tw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2594"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ntia.ctbc.edu.tw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/news\/2594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2603,"href":"https:\/\/ntia.ctbc.edu.tw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/news\/2594\/revisions\/2603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ntia.ctbc.edu.tw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ntia.ctbc.edu.tw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ntia.ctbc.edu.tw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2594"},{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ntia.ctbc.edu.tw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fnews-category&post=2594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}