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Bats
During the months of October and November students will be studying bats discussing problems bats are encountering in the wild and things we can do to help them. In third grade, students are focusing on the bat's life cycle and how important it is to not disrupt the maternity roosts because the bat population has decreased around 90%. Ms. Dana Wiseman from Pike Soil and Water Conservation visited our classroom to share all of her knowledge with students. Before much longer, students will be creating a kinetic model identifying the bat life cycles to educate others.
Above you will find the students creating their first bridge prototype from the design they sketched. We started this project with the book Iggy Peck, Architect written by Andrea Beatty. Iggy and his classmates run into trouble when a footbridge collapses after they crossed it to get to an island. To help Iggy, the students have designed a bridge that needs to span 12". They will test the strength of the bridges the next session and discuss ways to improve their designs.
CREATE!
INNOVATE!
Below you will be able to watch students explaining how they are creating their first bridge prototype from the design they sketched.
IMG_0943.MOVIMG_1165.MOVIMG_1092.MOVIMG_0942.MOVIMG_1002.MOVIn 3rd grade Power Hour, we read about seahorses, their adaptations to their habitat, and how they overcome predators and environmental impacts. Afterwards, students researched an aquatic animal they were interested in and learned how to create a habitat for their animal. After designing their habitat on paper, they worked on building a diorama to represent their aquatic animal in its "natural" habitat.
Our next phase is to create a Google Slides presentation embedding pictures of our entire design process with interesting facts they identified.
Enjoy seeing the pictures and videos of students building their dioramas.
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