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Kindergarten through Fourth Grade students will take part in a four-day Winterim experience centered around the exciting theme “Digging into Colorado’s Past.” Throughout the week, students will explore Colorado’s rich history while working collaboratively in mixed-grade color teams: Pink, Yellow, Green, Red, Orange, and Purple. These multi-age groups encourage students to build new friendships, practice leadership, and learn from one another in a supportive and engaging environment. Together, each team will design and create an exhibit for a "Dawson Discovery Museum", featuring interactive displays, models, and hands-on experiments that bring Colorado’s past to life. To deepen their learning, students will participate in two exciting field trips: a visit to a real gold mine and an exploration of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, where they will connect classroom discoveries to real-world history and science. Winterim Week promises to be a memorable blend of creativity, collaboration, and adventure. Here’s to an amazing week of digging, discovering, and learning together!
Day 1
Day 1
On Monday, students brought history to life by creating their own museum exhibits inspired by our theme, “Digging into Colorado’s Past.” Our color groups transformed classrooms into the Dawson Discovery Museum: From Dinos to Mustangs, where students proudly displayed their exhibits. Students rotated through the museum, exploring each exhibit and participating in hands-on activities related to the exhibit topics. The exhibits highlighted everything from prehistoric dinosaurs to Colorado’s early settlers.
To make the day even more exciting, Mr. Bones made a special appearance and shared fascinating dinosaur facts, blending art and science with handmade giant foam replicas and puppets. It was a wonderful day of discovery, creativity, and learning as students became museum curators for the day!
Day 2
Day 2
Students continued their exploration of Colorado’s past through exciting real-world adventures! Half of the students visited the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, where they participated in a class and explored exhibits that brought prehistoric life and Colorado history to life. The other half traveled to the Phoenix Gold Mine, where they dug into Colorado’s mining past, learned what life was like for early miners, and even tried their hand at panning for gold! While in Idaho Springs, students also enjoyed a fun lunch together at the famous Beau Jo’s Pizza. It was another memorable day of hands-on learning as students connected their learning to Colorado’s rich history.
Day 3
Day 3
The final day of K-4 Winterim was amazing! We were lucky enough to have two fantastic presentations led by parents: Flying a Personal Plane by Anthony Pigliacampo and Helicopters by Matt Skidmore. In addition to that, Nature’s Educators brought four birds of prey native to Colorado to share with the students, and taught us all about their physiology, habitats, and how to conserve their species. What a great end to our exploration of flight. We hope your children had fun and learned a lot over the course of the week.
Day 4
Day 4
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