Spring scavenger hunt

For science lab this week, we brainstormed a list of items that we could find on a spring scavenger hunt- tulips, green leaves, rocks, sticks, buds on trees, and dandelions. We wondered if acorns were a spring item, so we added it to the list and went on our way! Armed with clipboards, partners, a one brown paper bag, we headed out to see what we could find. 

When we returned, we shared what we discovered with other partnerships. No one found any acorns, so we decided that it must be a fall item from our fall scavenger hunt!

Welcome to the Wild West!

Centers

Making cowboys and cowgirls at the penmanship center.

Prop making

Listening to Alexander and the terrible, Horrible, no good, very bad day.

Experimenting with objects that sink and float

Shape pictures

Can you tell what we made with shapes?

A picture of the moon and a rocket.

A red ninja trading a carrot for a diamond.

A steam ship and a submarine in the midnight zone.

Riddles!

We are really getting to be riddle masters, and we are really thinking about words that have double meanings! Here is a riddle from this week:

What kind of fish is the most valuable?

A goldfish! 

Some children guessed sand dollar, too! How clever!

Echinoderms!

Last week we learned about mollusks- bivalves and univalves. This week we explored Echinoderms- starfish, sea urchins, and sand dollars. We came up with a list of questions about these animals that we want to investigate further. Here are some of our many great questions:

How do sand dollars move?

Why do sea urchins have spikes?

How does a starfish grow its arm back?

Why do sand dollars have flower designs on them?

How do sand dollars eat?

What kind of predators might eat sea urchins?

What are the different kinds of starfish? 

What do starfish eat?

Why do some sea urchins have no spikes? 

Is there a difference between warm water and cold water sear urchins?

And many more! We also looked at different types of sand, and we sorted them into a section of sand that is "coarse" and sand that is "fine." Ask your child what the difference is!