SCIENCE 2 - learned about fossils and how they are plants, animals or the imprints of plants and animals. they are usually bones, teeth or shells because they are formed when a porous material absorbs a mineral and hardens into stone. we excavated our fossils from yesterday (I baked them alone today, so they're hard now!) and made an imprint of a fossil in clay. we'll fill those with Plaster of Paris when they harden. Isaac and David really had fun digging apart the pieces of sand that had hardened from the Epsom salt. Isaac wants to rebuild his and bury it for someone to find in a million years.
they were rowdy but we made it through reading the book!
SCIENCE K - learned about winter and how squirrels and other animals have to dig up or eat their stored food because there are not enough plants growing to eat. we cut out the snowflakes and them and squirrels eating nuts to the mural. Cindy, I took the nuts off from fall and they put them under leaves to bury them! they seem to really like this project. we reviewed deciduous and coniferous trees and talked about their favorite winter activities: Ella - playing in the snow, Nadia - eating fresh, white snow, Quinn - having snowball fights. pretty good for desert kids!
SCIENCE K NEEDS UNIT 10 HANDOUTS IN THEIR FOLDERS.
see you tomorrow, Rachelle
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