Perot Science Museum

Today we went to the new Perot Science Museum in Dallas. It was such a fun experience! Our students had a blast. Everything was fun and interactive. Check out some of the fun things we did:

 

 

 

 

 

100th Day of School!

It is time to celebrate! We have officially completed the 100th day of school!

We started the day off by showing each other our 100th day projects. 

Some of us decided to make a poster:

While others decided to make a t-shirt:

And others decided to make a necklace:

We then got in two large groups.

Group One got to cut and glue down 100 pizza toppings!

Group Two got to cut and glue down 100 gum balls! 

Here we are with our partners counting to 100 by tens on ice-cream scoops! 

For our snack, we got to pick 10 pieces from 10 different items to make a 100 day snack! This was the best snack yet! Thank you to those that volunteered to bring snack. It was so much fun (and delicious)! 

Groundhog's Day!

We got to celebrate Groundhog’s Day. We learned all about groundhogs. We also talked about the tradition of Punxsutawney Phil being able to predict the future weather. Each student made their own groundhog to put on our graph. Will Phil see his shadow or not? Are we in for six more weeks of winter or is spring coming soon?

Here are the results from our class:

 

9 students predict we will have six more weeks of winter.

14 students predict we will get an early spring.

Here are a few fun pictures of the groundhog puppets we made at the end of class.

 

Cool Penguin Unit

We spent two weeks learning all about penguins! It was such a fun unit. We even got to see what it would be like if we actually were a penguin. Check it out!

Here we are seeing what it would be like if we had a layer of fat like a penguin:

 

~First we stuck one finger in a jar of petroleum jelly.

 

 

~Then we stuck the finger with the jelly, and a finger without any jelly, into a bowl of ice cold water! 

 

 

~Man! It sure was cold for one finger!

 

 

Then we tried placing one hand in a bowl of cold water and our other hand in bag lined with Crisco. The baggie of fat sure did keep our hand warm.

 

 

We went outside for our final experiments.

Here we are seeing how the cold feels in a large, spread-out circle. Brrr!

 

Here we are able to gain some warmth from our close neighbors.

 

Our final step was to place an egg on our feet and try to waddle like a daddy penguin! Don’t let your egg fall!  

 

 

 

 

 We also did a little penguin math. Each student got to make their own penguin and add any amount of two different colored fish. The students then had to add up how many fish their penguin had.

 

 

 

 

By the end of our unit, we learned some interesting facts!

“I learned that penguins are a type of bird.” –Srikar

“I learned that they waddle.” –Tanvi

“I learned that penguins eat fish.” –Cerine

“I learned penguins slide on the ice.” –Maila

“I learned that baby penguins sing to their mom and dad.”

 –Leah

“I learned that penguins swim fast to get away from predators.” –Afan

“I learned that penguins jump out of the water to swim faster.” -Maya

New Recess Policy

Attention Parents!

Harmony has recently changed the recess policy for cold weather. We are now allowed to take students outside for recess if the temperature is above 40° and all students have a jacket. Please, please, please! make sure your child is properly dressed for the day. Yes, Texas’ cold winter days are coming to an end, but there is still the occasional cold front. It is important that the students have their recess time so that their energy goes and my sanity stays!