I brought our lab frogs home for the summer.  I  heard them croak for the first time when our air conditioning was out.  They liked living in 87 degrees! They are nocturnal and it has been interesting to watch them at night.  Jabba and Luke Skywalker are the best of friends.

I am always looking for new science materials when I am out and about. I will use the plant maze in second grade and the balancing game during energy and motion units.

Uno, Zip, and Percy were brought to their new home on the KR pond today. Look how much they have grown in just five weeks! It appears we may have one pekin and two silver appleyard ducks.

This box turtle visited my garden today.  These turtles usually have a home range with a diameter of 750 feet (230 m) or less in which they normally stay, so I might see him again.

Love walking through garden shops and bookstores! Found these new books for next year.

Uno, Zip, and Percy are enjoying summer camp at Mrs. Gammage’s house.

I received this thoughtful end-of-the-year gift from Mrs. Prezzanos’ first grade class!

Third grade learned about the power of solar energy and its use as an alternative energy source during their Thermal Energy and Conservation Units. It was exciting to watch Steve Spangler’s 50-foot solar bag take flight using only energy from the sun.

Fourth grade learned about big data today from EMC engineers. “EMC is a leading provider of IT storage hardware solutions to promote data backup and recovery and accelerate the journey to cloud computing.”  A big thank you to Kevin Zawodzinski (a KR dad) for organizing this event for us!