Friday, October 16, 2015

Floating Classroom!!

What an awesome trip and such a close resource!! The 4th graders spent half the time on a boat and half the time on land doing hands-on activities and learning about the lake environment! The 4th graders learned so much at the Floating Classroom!! Hopefully, they will continue to protect our earth and our resources!

On the boat!

A beautiful sunny day!

Safety first!!

Loving the water!

Cool hands-on activities! 

It was a really big boat!

Ready Captain! 
Listening to the presenter!

Ready to roll, or float!

We are cool, right?

More hands-on activities! 

Love learning on the water!


Did you get it??

Just a few drops!

I think I like this!

Learning on land, too!

Did you see this??

What is is doing??

Even more hands-on learning!!

We can do this!

ME, ME!!

Are you sure??

Don't spill it!

So, is the lake in good shape?

Take a good look!

Awesome group!!

Creative Kiddos!!

Thank you so much to Point University!! We have a wonderful partnership with them that allows our students to experience some great things!! Our 3rd graders got to visit Point this week and participate in Creative Art Centers that the education students developed! Look at the cool stuff they got to do!

Dr. Southerland is discussing the centers with our students! 
They were listening intently! 

Looks like fun!

Who is booking who?

Cool prints!

Show us your arm!

Very intense!

Beautiful flowers!

Looks like it's good!

Finger licking good!

No more!!

Are you saying quack?

Way to get creative!

Cool!

Don't get messy!

Young artist!

New professions?

Good food?

Trying to answer the questions!

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Cup Challenge!!

To build some teamwork, critical thinking, and cooperative skills, the students were put into groups of 4 and given a challenge! They were to take six stacked cups and create a pyramid with them. Not so hard, right??? The catch was that they had to use a rubber band with four strings attached to it to move the cups. Each person had to be holding a string and only the rubber band and string could touch the cups! Not so easy now!!!

What the cups were supposed to end up looking like!!
 
Garrett, Luke, Bryce, and Harrisyn are working hard!

Airrell, Ella, C-Jay, and Jacob look like they're doing pretty good!

Uh-oh! It looks like they are losing it!

Luke, Bryce, Garrett, and Harrisyn are on the right track!

It's not going well here!

One part of the pyramid complete!

How do we get it up??

Can we make another part??

Careful!! 
Breanna, Ze'Niyah, and Cassidy are trying to get it!

Lauren isn't sure this is working!

Edward and Jackson think their group is doing good! Does Kaitlyn agree?

Esther, Esteban, Edward, and Jackson are about to complete part of the pyramid!

It looks like it went tumbling down!!

Yes, Lauren, Kennedy, Kaitlyn, and Jayden, you must start again!

Not good!! How are we going to get it back on the table??


Flip it, flip it!!

Ahh! We lost it!

Are we ever going to get this??