Week of April 21, 2014

This week the highlights were nature bracelets and continuing to observe the growth of our plants!

Week of April 14, 2014

This week 2nd graders were busy observing plants and starting to think about how to design and build a hand pollinator for their engineering project. There was a lot of creativity to see in the Learning Studio!

Week of April 7, 2014

The botanists of second grade had the opportunity to plant some seeds for vegetables that will go to the Blooming Heights garden near the high school and Highland Elementary.  Later in the spring, we hope to take our seedlings over to the garden and plant them.  You can learn more about the Blooming Heights Edible Schoolyard here.

Week of March 31, 2014

New Plants is the name of our new science unit for the spring quarter.  This week we have been learning about what plants need to live, the parts of a plant, and the plant life cycle.  We planted Brassica, a fast-growing plant designed especially for science classes, and we planted a lawn, which is a combination of rye grass seed and alfalfa seeds.  The students are using the iDiary app on the iPads to journal about their plant observations. The student botanists are eagerly awaiting the emergence of the first sprouts!
A favorite morning activity as students enter the Studio, is to watch the live bald eagle cam.