Zoom Guest Speakers
We heard from several special guest speakers this year. Pat from the Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center taught us all about Missouri's owls. Mr. Carmack taught us about fighting wildfires.
Engineering and Creative Thinking
Students used their creative thinking and engineering skills throughout the year. Students used Mystery Bag items to create a new fish species. They also designed new toys and shared them with our class. Some of the engineering challenges they completed: coin bridges, rock stacking, turkey traps, squirrel/bird feeders, etc.
Research Paper and Projects
The students each chose a topic to study for the year. Then they gathered resources, cited the sources, and took notes. They used their notes to create a research paper with a bibliography page and four projects. All of their papers and projects can be found on their Google Sites, but here are a few highlights.