Rainforest dioramas

Here are some photos of our rainforest dioramas from our last Magic tree house book. Each partnership worked on one layer of the rainforest. First, they made a sketch of a plan for what they would want their diorama to look like. Next, students used various craft materials to create the nature and scenery portion of their project. Some students even went from group to group to make sure that everyone had the same number of trees in their boxes, so that when the layers were all stacked together, the trees would carry through from box to box- it was quite elaborate! Lastly, students added clay animals to their scene. 

Animal tracks

For science lab last week, we listened to a PowerPoint all about animal tracks. This fits perfectly with our wild winter and with our new theme of the Ice Age! We learned all about different animal tracks and how scientists use these footprints to follow animals and study them. Different animals make different prints, and trackers examine the amount of toes, the claws, the space betweent the prints, and many other factors to tell what kind of animal made the tracks. 

For this science lab, we became trackers! We used plastic animals and made their footprints in some "snow," which was really clay. We then had to guess which animal made which tracks. 

Science lab

Today we worked on a color mixing science lab where Children used pipettes to mix colored water in mixing trays. There were a lot of amazing observations that children made during this exploration! Ask your child what he or she noticed!