Third and fourth grade students have the option to participate in the annual Invention Convention. These entrepreneurs create and then share an innovative product with their classmates before moving to the Minnow Tank which is our version of the TV show Shark Tank. As they worked on their inventions, they applied twenty-first century learning including creativity, critical thinking, initiative, and communication skills.

A praying mantis is a fascinating insect. I purchased egg cases that can hold hundreds of eggs. They finally hatched!

The praying mantis life cycle is an example of incomplete metamorphosis because there are only three stages- egg, nymph, and adult.