We Are Scientists!

The most exciting thing happening in our room has to be science! We are loving our "Structures of Life" science kits. We started by observing seeds. We compared several different kinds of seeds and then started the sprouting process using our mini-sprouters. We observed and recorded our observations for about a week.....paying close attention to changes. We even started developing a word bank. After the seeds were sprouted, we transferred some to the hydroponics tubs. We are now measuring them once a week. We are hoping we can grow a bean!!

Next came the Land Snails! Who would have thought we could have fun learning with Land Snails? We have learned what snails need to have in their habitats to live and stay healthy. We have also made some interesting discoveries about their "scat"....you will have to ask one of our scientists about this! Did you know that Land Snails can pull many times their own mass? One of our snails weighed about 6 grams and it pulled 156 grams across the desk. How do they do it?

Just when we thought school couldn't get any more exciting, the crayfish arrived! It was very eventful when we took them out of their containers to observe their interesting bodies. After observing, the students labeled crayfish diagrams and described what a crayfish needs to survive in their science notebooks. The best part of this science lesson was watching the scientists courageously pick the crayfish up. They were very brave!