Welcome to my website.  I love teaching and enjoy every minute of
it.  For seven years I taught in a regular classroom. This is my fourth
year as the Discovery Lab Director for 4th and 5th grades at
Grenada Upper Elementary.  I have over 700 students.  Students
come to the Discovery Lab every other week.  During that time we
have FUN learning about Science. The units are based on the state
curriculum, but do not follow a text book. The lab is a time for
students to experience hands on learning and build a love of
science.  Activities in the lab compliment what teachers are
teaching in their classrooms. The lab brings Science to life.

NEW LAB T-SHIRTS ARE HERE!!









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This website is designed and maintained by Melody Shaw through Yahoo Small Business since 2002.  All graphics
are purchased online or downloaded through the yahoo site builder program.  Please do not right click on the
images. Children should always be supervised when using the internet. The intention of this site is to provide family
friendly, appropriate, and informative links. The safety of our children is a top priority. Report any link of concern
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or by the Grenada School District.

Mrs. Melody Shaw
Discovery Lab Director
Grenada Upper Elementary
Grenada, Mississippi
www.grenadaupper.org











2011-2012

GUES Investigation Team
Gaining Understanding through Exciting
Investigations in Science
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Discovery Lab
                                           
GUES  Investigation Team:
Gaining Understanding through Exciting
Investigations in Science

The students in the Discovery Lab will become scientists in order to discover
new things as well as to understand more about the world in which we live.
Students will become familiar with past discoveries as well as the most
current science news while they participate in the activities for each unit.  
The year will begin with a unit called
Under the Sea. This unit is filled with
exciting and interesting facts about the oceans of the world. The students
will look beyond earth and go
Out of This World during the second nine
weeks. After Christmas the students will learn more about
Planet Earth.
Students will end the year with a unit titled
CSI.   

Each unit will require the students to become investigators, problem solvers
and critical thinkers.  We will search for evidence, make predictions for the
future and try to find reasons for past events. There will be a new unit every
nine weeks.  Each unit will have an overall theme with interrelated objectives
from Life Science, Earth and Space Science, and Physical Science from the
Mississippi Science Framework.    
Clip Art Used In My Site
Get one today!! Students
will wear these on the first
Wednesday of every month
starting in September.

Wild About Science
Wednesday!