The first graders are learning about plants. They reviewed the parts of a plant and the purpose of each part. Then they ate a root (carrot), stem (celery), leaf (lettuce), flower (broccoli), and seeds (corn).

Kindergartners learned about spiders and then became spiders by making webs.

Third graders continued learning about bones by dissecting owl pellets.

First graders are looking at living and non-living worms. They are comparing them.

This week second graders are looking at mealworms. They are learning about what living things need and creating a habitat for the mealworms.

The 4th and 5th grade students are learning about where volcanoes are in the world. They graphed the location of some of the more active ones on a world grid. Next week we will continue to look at the larger picture and answer the question- Can a volcano “pop up” in Michigan?

The kindergarteners are learning about live things. The compared live worms to rubber worms.

Second graders used earth materials (sand) to make sand sculptures.
Here are a few.

Fourth graders learned about erosion. They learned clay travels farther than sand because it has less mass/weight.

Fifth graders had fun learning how we move and made a robotic finger.