This week we began working on our inquiry into sustainability and the environment. We began with two exciting activities. First, we started experimenting with various materials to build houses. This is going to reinforce what students are learning in science with Ms. Lohitsa. This week students began working with different materials and will move toward improving their designs in the coming weeks. Eventually we will be using rice to mimic rain and will be creating rain collection systems for our houses. We also began to learn about sustainability by reading a Quirkles book about decomposition. We began an experiment to see what will happen to bread, an apple, paper, and plastic when it is placed in a container with soil. We will be checking on the items periodically to see what items are decomposing and which are not. This will lead us to a discussion of what these results mean for garbage in the real world. Students are very excited to see what will happen!
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Mrs. McGrane
I love teaching kindergarten literacy at STEM! It is amazing to be a part of the reading and writing growth of a kindergarten student. You get to see kids move from knowing some letters and sounds to being enthusiastic readers and young authors. Archives
March 2016
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