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
Weekly Summary: Grouting & Props – Electrons – Art
Today was phase two of our mosaic project: grouting. The thinset had hardened up, and the tiles were (for the most part) stuck in place, so today’s job was filling in the cracks. Everyone got a paper cup full of
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,
Weekly Summary: Op Art Hands – Electrons – Art
In today’s art lesson, we took on an op art drawing, based on this video. I showed them Bridget Riley’s 1961 Movement in Squares, and we discussed its illusion and effect on the viewer. We even widened the scope momentarily
Weekly Summary: Collaborative Art – Muons – Art
This week we focused on team work, collaboration and creativity. Each group of students had the opportunity to create a 2-d project on paper using varying mediums from crayon to sharpie and paint. There was an opportunity to work on