To really understand how weather works, we created some weather instruments for a weather station. First, we made homemade thermometers, then we made a weather vane to determine wind direction, an anemometer to show wind speed, a barometer to check air pressure, and lastly a rain gauge to measure precipitation. Here are some pictures of […]

We have been studying the weather and learning about the water cycle, clouds, and weather instruments. We made mini water cycle bags and hung them in the windows to see the water cycle happen. We made examples of the three main types of clouds with cotton balls. We also created our own homemade thermometers. We […]

Did you miss making gingerbread houses with us? Oh what fun we had!

Before vacation, Nancy shared with the class some Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches. I had been talking about them during our information writing unit and the class had a lot of questions. Nancy borrowed some from the Hitchcock Center for a couple of days and what a big hit. Check out the pictures if you dare!