Science Buddies

We met our 5th grade Science Buddies on Friday! They first came to our Kindergarten classroom and we buddied up and went outside to join in some messy fun!  We made SLIM out of baking soda and water.  We used our five senses to observe the slim and what would happened after we mixed and played with it for awhile!  We came back to the classroom and together discussed many neat observations.  The students were most impressed by the slim becoming "hard' after time passed.  It was great fun for us all!!

Garden Update

We have been watering our plants everyday! Today when we went to visit our garden and we saw a sprout!! We were SO EXCITED!!! Our garden is growing!!! 

First Grade Gardeners!

On Friday, we made our way to the Chets Creek garden! We decorated our class pallet with each student's handprint! We planted a variety of different plants including, strawberries, wild flowers, peppermint, oregano, tomatoes, and pumpkins!

We can't wait to harvest our crops later this school year!

Join the Fun

We were having so much fun learning today a tree frog wanted to join us!! 

We Use Science Everyday...

Our Essential Question today in Science was "What tools do Scientist use?"  Our class explored all the different tools to examine our classroom environment. 

Kinder"gardeners"

Picking Peas

Snapping Off Chard

Cabbage Patch

It's that time!! Time to harvest! 

Our class went to the garden today and picked cabbage, peas, lettuce, radishes, kale, and chard!! The garden is over following with fresh vegetables!  We brought them back to the classroom discussed and journaled about each of the vegetables. After we cleaned and cut the veggies, the children made their own salads! 

Working Hard on our Diagrams

A Diagram of a Radish

Our Final Product

Yum!!!

Senses in Science Workshop

Everyday we begin Science Workshop by singing our song! 

Today in Science Workshop we began discussing how to Observe using our Five Senses! 

We worked together to draw a Scientist and discuss body parts that relate to each sense!

We challenged our students to use his or her 5 senses at home tonight! Quiz your kiddo and see if they can name all five!

Ch-ch-ch-chia!

As you know, we have been learning all about PLANTS! Last week we explored the essential question: How do seeds grow?

Our students planted grass seed and we are amazed by how quickly the kiddos' "hair" grew! :) 

Time for St. Patrick's Day!

Our 1st graders have loved reading about St. Patrick's Day! Today we made rainbows with pots of gold on the other side! Some of our kiddos even made cute little leprechauns! 

Observing with our Five Senses

Today we took a walk outside with a new lense...we were observing the playground in order to compare different environments is SCIENCE today!