Going to 4th Grade!-Congratulations!
Field Day-Pink is Number 1!
Study Trip to Ethos Science and the park
Building Bio Inspired Flower
The Great Inventors
Valentine's Day Party-Minute to Win-It Games
Our Lions Club gives every third grader their very own dictionary
Walk-a-thon
Triton Gives Back
Merry Lea Study Trip
After learning about rocks, minerals and earth features, our class enjoyed a great day at Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College. We had a great guide to lead us through our day named Mike. He took us to see land features that had been left behind by the Wisconsin Glacier. We walked over an esker, made an esker, visited a pit, and sorted rocks in a gravel quarry. Kennedy and Taylor found two great examples of fossils in rocks too! We sorted rocks into catagories such as luster, hardness, features, and color. Mike also took us to a bog where we could feel the ground shake like jello when we jumped. We kept busy with so many different things and even got to find a rock and look at metamorphic, sedimentary, and igneous rocks under a microscope! We had wonderful weather and fantastic parent chaperones that helped us stay safe and have fun! THANK YOU for being such great helpers on our trip!
After learning about rocks, minerals and earth features, our class enjoyed a great day at Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College. We had a great guide to lead us through our day named Mike. He took us to see land features that had been left behind by the Wisconsin Glacier. We walked over an esker, made an esker, visited a pit, and sorted rocks in a gravel quarry. Kennedy and Taylor found two great examples of fossils in rocks too! We sorted rocks into catagories such as luster, hardness, features, and color. Mike also took us to a bog where we could feel the ground shake like jello when we jumped. We kept busy with so many different things and even got to find a rock and look at metamorphic, sedimentary, and igneous rocks under a microscope! We had wonderful weather and fantastic parent chaperones that helped us stay safe and have fun! THANK YOU for being such great helpers on our trip!
Flashlight Friday
Celebrating the completion of an amazing first unit of reading brought us a very special event! We were able to spend time relaxing with a great book and a friend, on a comfortable blanket or pillow after successfully completing the first 5 stories in reading! Add in a snack with a special story just made it an extra fun Friday!
Celebrating the completion of an amazing first unit of reading brought us a very special event! We were able to spend time relaxing with a great book and a friend, on a comfortable blanket or pillow after successfully completing the first 5 stories in reading! Add in a snack with a special story just made it an extra fun Friday!
Minerals
We are starting a new unit of study as we prepare for our first study trip to Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College. Our class discovered that minerals make rocks. Those minerals are found in many, many of our everday items like Halite is salt or quartz is in clocks. Students were amazed at all the places minerals can be. They also learned about luster (glassy, metallic, or earthy), Mohs Hardness Scale, Clevage or the shape a rock breaks in, and streaks that a mineral will leave behind. We also are learning about rock types (metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary) and the rock cycle that can change rocks from one type to another. Everyone enjoyed making their own crysal and then testing it
We are starting a new unit of study as we prepare for our first study trip to Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College. Our class discovered that minerals make rocks. Those minerals are found in many, many of our everday items like Halite is salt or quartz is in clocks. Students were amazed at all the places minerals can be. They also learned about luster (glassy, metallic, or earthy), Mohs Hardness Scale, Clevage or the shape a rock breaks in, and streaks that a mineral will leave behind. We also are learning about rock types (metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary) and the rock cycle that can change rocks from one type to another. Everyone enjoyed making their own crysal and then testing it
Testing out the Scientific Process through racing!
Our class did a follow up activity to practice how the scientific process works by making "Puff Mobiles." Students imagined different ways that things move. They used those ideas to plan how to create their own versions and then build them. We then took our creations to the gym to race. Mr. Long helped as the race official! Some students had a great idea, but found that asking more questions and researching for more knowledge helps them build a better racer. We had time to make some changes from what we learned to give another round of races. Everyone decided to make big changes and were able to greatly improve their outcomes! Way to figure it out!
Our class did a follow up activity to practice how the scientific process works by making "Puff Mobiles." Students imagined different ways that things move. They used those ideas to plan how to create their own versions and then build them. We then took our creations to the gym to race. Mr. Long helped as the race official! Some students had a great idea, but found that asking more questions and researching for more knowledge helps them build a better racer. We had time to make some changes from what we learned to give another round of races. Everyone decided to make big changes and were able to greatly improve their outcomes! Way to figure it out!
Learning about the scientific process