We started art with a read aloud of The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. This was especially fun since most, if not all of the Quarks are very familiar with this story. We then made snowflake sun catchers loosely
Weekly Summary: The Hero’s Journey – Muons – Language Arts
For the next two weeks, we will be discussing “The Hero’s Journey” and how a similar framework can be found in many of our favorite hero stories. To begin, we broke into groups and took turns striking heroic poses. Then,
Weekly Summary: Air Dry Clay – Muons – Art
We are continuing our clay exploration by using air dry clay instead of ceramic clay. Each Muon was given a portion of clay to freely sculpt, roll, slap, wet, and shape in any way they liked. As they worked we
Weekly Summary: Glass jar lanterns – Neutrons – Art
I thought we could all use some more light during those gloomy days and long nights so I decided to make lanterns with the group. We up cycled glass jars- Neutrons created one of a kind designs with sharpies on
Weekly Summary: Types of winter precipitation – Neutrons – Nature Study
We started off discussing what we knew about precipitation. Next we made an observation of what was currently happening with the winter weather. I showed them this video on the different types of winter precipitation. https://youtu.be/_uvKtE01E9c?si=zvCN923idYUcEn81 We then ventured inside
Weekly Summary: Quarks – Nature Study
Quarks Spring 2024 This week we introduced our unit study of water and the book which we will use to guide our weekly nature study inquiries, titled: “One Well, the Story of Water on Earth” Written by Rochelle Strauss from the
Lab Report: Viscosity Experiment
Name Noah Age 11 Experiment Title Viscosity Experiment What was the experiment about? Viscosity and Temperature What was your hypothesis? IntroductionViscosity is a liquid’s resistance to flowing. How does heat affect viscosity? In this lab, we’re going to conduct an
Book Report: The Witch’s Throne
Agni and Grom want to join the witch hunt, but neither are ready. They need to receive extensive training in the three weeks – training that Reksha got in 10 years.
Gym: National Take a Hike Day
Yesterday was National Take a Hike Day, so we took full advantage and enjoyed a hike with each class. Electrons and Neutrons hiked to the place we have a mutual understanding is named Nature’s Playground. You likely know the spot
Gym: Relays, Red Light, Green Light
Both classes opened with great stretching and then a quick run around the pavilion and back. We moved into relays — bear crawls and crab crawls, and the winning team (in both classes) chose to finish up with a rousing