April 24

Extreme Weather

First grade meteorologists are learning about extreme weather online. After a lesson about tornadoes, I suggested making a vortex in a jar. It’s one of my favorite investigations!  Click here for directions.

This is the vortex I made in the science lab last year:

If you have a milk frother, you can also create a vortex this way.

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April 24

More Rocks

Online learning about rocks, fossils, and dinosaurs continues for my kindergarten geologists and paleontologists. One of the STEAM connections this week was to create a prayer rock. When you take the rock off your pillow each evening, you are reminded to pray, and then when you place it back on your pillow each morning, you are prompted to talk to God again. Look at the beautiful prayer rocks that Avery made!

Banks found these rocks when he was exploring outside. He thinks they are asteroids. What do you think?

April 24

Turtles

My youngest scientists are studying the pond online. Our latest lesson was about turtles. Click here to watch an informative video that we watched on our recorded Zoom lesson. Click here to learn a fun finger-play about turtles. One of the at home options was to create a turtle.

Our lab turtle, Myrtle, is currently living in my basement.

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