We continued to learn more about shelter. Our focus was on what animals take shelter inside an oak tree. I read a poem featuring various animals which gave us ideas on how animals could take shelter in an oak tree.
Math/Science: Bar Graphs
Today we studied bar graphs. We practiced graphing various sets of data – Ages of Neutrons and Pets. Then they split into pairs to create their own studies, collect data, and create graphs. We saw favorite sport, favorite country, favorite
Nature: Winter Bingo
The Nuetrons played a winter bingo game as we took a nature walk today. Some kids played until they achieved 5-in-a-row for Bingo, some of the kids played until their entire card was filled. We walked down the gravel path
Art/Drama: Bluffaneer and Buildzi
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STEM: Paper Airplanes
We made paper airplanes today. I supplied several different paper types: construction, card stock, drawing paper and foil. The Electrons each chose a paper and we made some cool paper airplane models. Then we tested the models indoors and out,
Art: Building Beaver Dams
We had a group of busy, adorable beavers today, making working dams out of sticks, rocks, mud (playdough), and leaves. The beavers were able to tests their dams and then make adjustments to improve their effectiveness. Ethan shared the verb
Art: Monograms
This week in art, we talked about monograms and made some of our own. We used only our first initials and decorated them. The suggestion was to use overlapping, multi-colored paper strips for decorating. Some of the kids liked that suggestion,
Art: Sowing Native Wildflowers
Stephanie and I combined our classes today for an activity of winter sowing native wildflowers. We teamed up one Muon with two quarks to fill containers with soil and seeds and then covered them with saran wrap to help retain
Nature: Snowflake Design
Today, we read Elizabeth’s very cool books about how snowflakes are made, a book with magnified photographs of snowflakes, and a biography of “Snowflake Man” Wilson Bentley. Then the kids cut out their own paper snowflakes. There were so many
Science: Longest Paper Chains
Today’s challenge was to make the longest paper chain as possible from one piece of paper. They were encouraged to think through their strategy before they cut their paper loops. Each kid had a slightly different cutting and assembling technique.