Week of October 21st

Last week we were busy getting back into the swing of things after fall break. We wrapped up our Science unit of Light and Shadow with a test (ask your student how they did). Starting this week we have Mr. Barker for Science and he is teaching us all about Classroom Chemistry.
Check out this awesome Romero Britto inspired pumpkin art we started, we aren't quite finished, but they look great so far.

 

 

Ralph Klein Park

Our field trip to the Wetlands this week was incredible!! It was a little chilly but with everyone bundled up and the sun out we had a wonderful time!

We did a guided nature walk where we were able to spy many wildlife footprints, scat and other evidence of wildlife. Then we had the opportunity to conduct a pond dip to find invertebrates that are able to survive in our wetland giving us an idea of how healthy our water is.

Ask us about what we were able to find!

Changing shadows

Over the past few weeks the students have been busy at work studying Light and Shadows. We have explored sources of light, translucent, transparent and opaque materials and using flashlights we explored the shadows opaque materials cast. This week we got the opportunity to head outside in the beautiful sunshine (despite all the snow) and explore our own changing shadows as the sun moved in the sky.
On Friday we created some beautiful tin foil sculptures, check out their shadows!

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