Ms Wiest's electric bill grew! Learn how electricity gets to your house and how you can conserve it.
Let's make signs to remind us to turn off the lights!
Learn more about where energy comes from and how you can save it through these drawings.
Read Oscar and the Bird by Geoff Waring with Asher
Play Nasa's Climate Kids Bingo next time you are out!
Catchy tune with good ideas for conserving energy. Talk about what conservation is with your child.
Electricity runs on a path called a circuit. See how this works with a flashlight using a battery as a power source.
If you have the materials a grown up may be able to help you create your own electric circuit! You could use a light bulb instead of a watch.
What kind of animals live in an "under a log" habitat? Have you ever turned over a log or stone to see what lives underneath?
Get yucky and make a mud painting!
Sing a song about compost and what you can put in it with Ms. Wiest and take a look at her compost pile.
Make your own composter with an old 2 liter bottle. Not all bacteria is bad!
Look around Ms. Person's garden for things that are alive. What kinds of things are alive in your area?
What is an earthworm's saddle?
What is organic matter and humus? Find out about the layers of dirt.
Learn more about Roly Polys, the little bugs you find in the dirt under rocks and logs. Here is a link to make a roly poly habitat.
Did you find a Roly Poly under a rock? Sing and act out this Roly Poly song with these children.
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