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Weekly Summary: Water Habitats and Human Impact – Quarks – Nature Study

Weekly Summary: Water Habitats and Human Impact – Quarks – Nature Study

A bit late posting last week’s activity, sorry all! Week 5: Feb 22 – Water and Human Impact / Conservation efforts Activity: Learn + Share: We learned that water is precious, it is shared by all living things and sometimes

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Weekly Summary: Water Habitats and Food Chains – Quarks – Nature Study

Weekly Summary: Water Habitats and Food Chains – Quarks – Nature Study

Nature Study Class Quarks Ages 4 – 9   Unit Study on Water Source Book for Lessons “One Well, story of water on Earth” citizen kid book Online Teaching Guide   Week 4:  *Valentine’s day week – Feb 15 First

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Weekly Summary: Types of winter precipitation – Neutrons – Nature Study

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

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Weekly Summary: Quarks – Nature Study

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

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Weekly Summary: Water testing – Neutrons – Nature Study

Weekly Summary: Water testing – Neutrons – Nature Study

This week we used an Urban Water Test Kit from LaMotte. We tested water from the sink in the kitchen and water from the DesPlaines River. There were a number of quick tests we could do. We decided on Oxygen,

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Weekly Summary: Autumn Tree study – Quarks – Nature Study

Weekly Summary: Autumn Tree study – Quarks – Nature Study

Autumn is a great time to begin a yearlong tree study. This week the children picked a tree that they can visit and observe regularly. We observed different trees. They adopted a tree to be their very own special tree

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Weekly Summary: First Nations – Neutrons – Nature Study

We started off discussing what we thought First Nations meant. Which lead to a brief discussion on whether they had grocery stores for food, or home depot for building supplies. To which they whole group emphatically decided that wanted to

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Weekly Summary: Watercolor Leaves / Leaf anatomy & Photosynthesis – Quarks – Nature Study

Weekly Summary: Watercolor Leaves / Leaf anatomy & Photosynthesis – Quarks – Nature Study

This week the Quarks further dabbled into the topic of Autumn leaves . We reviewed why leaves change colors. Then touched on the process of photosynthesis and explored basic leaf parts . They looked through field guides to identify which

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Weekly Summary: Harvest – Neutrons – Nature Study

This week the theme was harvest. Since this course is the last course of the day, I have the benefit of them already having discussed a lot of the things prior to my class. We discussed what we thought harvesting

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Weekly Summary: Exploring Colors in Nature – Neutrons – Nature Study

Weekly Summary: Exploring Colors in Nature – Neutrons – Nature Study

We started the day reading “Planting the Rainbow” by Lois Ehlert. It discusses how there are many options and color choices when planting a garden. Next we looked at some color swatches from various paint stores. We briefly discussed the

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