Writing About Snowboarding

 Our field trip to ECHO was amazing. Burton snowboards collaborated with the ECHO Center to offer our students the opportunity to study and learn about force and motion. Students participated in many different stations, including investigations into how the angle of a ramp affects speed and distance. Students practiced balancing skills and different snowboard "grabs". We also explored the ECHO science museum. A great day in Burlington!

learning about angles, distance and speed

balancing skills

snowboard "grabs"

enjoying the view of Lake Champlain

teacher/student selfie!

What is a Glyph?

The word glyph is related to the word “hieroglyphics.” The two have some other similarities as well. Hieroglyphic refers to ancient forms of writing involving pictures, and a glyph for kids uses pictures as a way to gather and depict data. Students also interpret data using glyphs.We had a lot of fun answering questions and creating owl pictures to represent our individual answers. We  also loved reading an all time favorite "Owl Babies".

Geometry

We continue our study of geometry, comparing and naming 2-D shapes. We are also identifying common attributes and developing common language for describing 2-D shapes. After reading "The Shape of Things" we created our own shape pictures! We also made 2-D shapes using marshmallows and toothpicks (yum)!

Grenier's Farm and Pumpkin Math

 Pumpkins, potatoes, cookies, apples and cider! What a great afternoon at Grenier's Farm! After picking potatoes and making our way through the cornfield, we were treated to delicious snacks and picked out our own pumpkins. We used our pumpkins for Pumpkin Math; estimating weight, circumference and height ...and then finding the actual measurements. We also had a class pumpkin. We estimated the number of seeds then scooped and counted. There were 580 seeds! We then roasted our seeds and had a delicious snack!

Pumpkin Math!

Weighing

Scooping

Counting seeds: We counted 580 seeds!

Roasted pumpkin seeds- yum!

Scientific Art

We had a special visitor this past week! Jeannie Sargent, a scientific artist, shared some of her work with us and tips on how to draw what we see in nature. She talked about looking carefully and slowly drawing what we observe. Her drawings were incredible of plants, birds, leaves and trees. This fit perfectly with our Outdoor Learning. We took what we learned outside and tried our own scientific drawings! 

Building Structures in the Woods