Our Mini Earth Models
To begin our new unit on changes of the Earth, we talked about how models can be used to represent things. I made a model out of clay of...
Learning About Landforms
We have been learning about the different landforms on Earth. We also have been learning how to find the main idea of a selection. So...
Cutest Ever Landform Chatterpix!
Pairs of children researched to find out about an assigned landform. The teams researched the characteristics, definition and found...
Newspaper Towers
The children worked collaboratively in partner teams to build a tower using only newspaper and tape. We defined the challenge, did some...
Goody, Goody Gumdrops
We explored the idea of using triangles to create strong and stable structures. The children first used cardboard pieces and brads to...
The Wonderful Towers of Watts
We read two magnificent books about the Watts Towers outside of L.A. We learned a lot about the man who built the towers, Simon Rodia,...
Arcade Game Day
The children's arcade games turned out terrific! I loved how they were able to go through the engineering design process to make their...
Everything is Matter
We have been studying about forms of matter. The children have explored and investigated all different solids and liquids. We have made...
Gems of Biodiversity
After the children have gathered information about each habitat, the class made comparisons about the animal life found there using a...
Habitats Rock!
In science we will be comparing three different habitats (deserts, coral reef and rainforests) in order to compare them. For each habitat...
