Today we built boats out of tin foil. The goal was to build a boat that would hold the most pennies. The group was split into three smaller groups and each had a roll of aluminum foil. They could create
Science/Math: Over and Under the Snow
Hibernation was our theme this week. We read the book “Over and Under the Snow” by Kate Messner. We decided to go with the bear theme and learned about how bears are omnivores similar to humans. We discussed what things bears
Math/Science: Lessons from Mother Earth
As Chris mentioned these tiny learners were quite cold. So, I switched gears a bit and decided to keep our lesson indoors. We began with a book “Lessons from Mother Earth” by Elaine McLeod. We discussed how we’ve learned about
Math/Science: Symmetrical Self-Portraits
We continued our symmetry exploration with symmetrical self portraits. There was a whoooole interesting range of reactions to this activity! We are looking forward to returning after break with some math games.
Math Games: Spirolaterals
Today we talked about how science and math intersect in art… Two students play stringed instruments and one sings. We talked about how counting beats for notes is math and the vibration of strings and vocal chords is physics. We
Math/Science: Migration
Migration was our subject today. They voted on animals they wanted to learn more about. Then we read parts of “Migration: Incredible Animal Journeys” by Mike Unwin. After each excerpt we read, we acted out how those animals migrate, traveling
Science/Math: Number Patterns
Today we were hunting for patterns! Attached is a blank sheet that students worked on today plus a picture of my “starter” (which I actually did NOT give them to start with!) This is actually super fun with all ages,
Science/Math: Symmetry
This week we read and talked about symmetry. They were all familiar with the concept and had interesting thoughts to share. I had a really cool self portrait activity planned and then forgot the most important material at home! Darn!
Math/Science: Recreating Builds
Today we did a write it/do it activity inspired by Science Olympiad… The Neutrons split into two groups. Each group had 15 – 20 minutes to examine a “build” and to create instructions to help the other group recreate the
Math/Science: Being Misunderstood
Today we learned what it’s like to be misunderstood and that “fail” can be an acronym rather than a verb. 🙃 Students took turns giving instructions to their classmates on how to draw a simple line drawing that the drawers could