Our classroom has felt so alive the past few weeks. We have been deep in our studies of botany and zoology with all three grade levels. Enjoy these recent updates in photos and words:
One day, we had ALL of these animals in our classroom: a hedgehog, turtle, butterfly, hermit crabs, and ducklings. Those are some happy kids. (All we needed were a fish and an amphibian and we could have had all vertebrate groups represented.)
Intently watching the butterflies attempting to hatch. (We didn't actually get to see it happen, but one chrysalis was shaking like crazy and had the kids very excited.)
One of our gorgeous painted lady butterflies. All four hatched out of their cocoons. Two were very healthy so we released them right away. (This was a learning opportunity to talk about how life in the wild is much better than life in captivity.) The other two that hatched had wing issues, so we kept them around for awhile and cared for them until they got stronger. (Another opportunity to learn about how predators prey on injured animals more often than healthy animals.) The two injured butterflies randomly, somehow were named by the kids: Casey Jones and Indiana Jones. All 26 kids seemed to instantly pick and agree on naming the butterflies before I even knew what had happened. And middle names too! I had to laugh. Casey Jones and Indiana Jones are now flying free in our area.
Thanks for the butterflies, Erica Swenson! :)
Brooklyn's ducklings.
Harper and Sylas just doing a little work with their hermit crabs on standby.
Also--if you get a chance to go to the GRAM, Kyle's artwork and accompanying story are on display.
Our bean plants are doing well in our grow labs, built by two of our students. These will be coming home with students on Friday, as the kids know that in order to produce beans, the plants will need their flowers to be pollinated by bees.
Hope you enjoyed these photo updates. Check back soon for videos from our recent Spanish class.
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