On Tuesday we were lucky to have Savannah and her dad give a presentation on Australia, specifically on the area of North Queensland.
The students loved learning about all the amazing nature and wild life!
In math we have begun to explore capacity. We created two different shaped cylinders from the same size sheet of paper, one by rolling the paper vertically and one by rolling it horizontally. We then made predictions about which would hold more pasta. Some students predicted the taller, some the shorter and wider, and many thought they would hold the same amount. It turned out that the shorter cylinder held more!
We have also been working on finding the area of various objects, both in square inches and square centimeters:
We have continued to observe the growth of our caterpillars. By Friday afternoon, most had made their way to the tops of the containers in preparation for forming their chrysalises.
This week we also looked closely at beans that had been soaked in water. We split the beans and observed the parts: seed coat, stored food and embryo. We could see the tiny plant curled up inside!
Indoor recess block exploration:
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