PURDY'S C.C.A.T.S. : February 2016

Monday, February 8, 2016

It Looks a Little Fishy To Me!!!

The 4th grade CCATS learned all about the Animal Classification system and the anatomy of fish! Exciting, I know!! After learning everything they ever wanted to know about fish (and some things they didn't!), the students had to use clues to build a mystery fish. They put all the knowledge they gained about fish into using clay, fins, and eyes to create a fish from clues on a card. Afterward, they compared their fish to pictures of real fish and tried to guess which fish they built. Some of them could be twins, don't you think!?!

Edward, Jackson, Jayden, and Micah are working hard!

Ze'Niyah, Breanna, and Kaitlyn are not sure about this!

They are really into their fish!

Lauren is concentrating hard!

Esther, Emma, Taylor, and Kennedy are making progress!

Is this right?

Esteban and Kiki are molding their fish!

These boys look like they are really thinking!

Look at everyone engaged!

Some of them got it!

Don't give up, Breanna!

Cassidy and Lily, are you making the same fish?

Twins!

Looks right to me!

Lane, Landon, Brayden, and Blake are getting close!

This is very tedious work!

Tykyra and Addison are on a roll!

You've got this, Jolee!

Pretty close!

Almost!

Twins!

More twins!

Looking good!

Maybe a little bigger body?

Pretty good!

Eureka!! It's Buoyancy!!

The 4th grade CCATS learned all about Archimedes' Principle, buoyancy, density, salinity, mass, matter, and volume! Wow! That's a lot of science!! After absorbing all this new information, they were put to the test. The students were put into to groups and challenged to make a boat that could hold more marbles than anyone else's! We had some great boats this year!! A new SUPER RECORD was set!!! The winning boat held an AMAZING 526 marbles!!! Can you beat that??