Macroinvertebrates

Students were introduced to macroinvertebrates and their importance as an indicator species.
Tomorrow is the field trip. Make sure to bring water, food, warm clothes, raincoat, sunscreen, hat.

City Water

Today we had presenters from City Water. They showed a video and discussed the importance and effects of storm water.
There is no homework.
Enjoy the beautiful weekend!

Energy Cycles and Biomes

Students took notes on energy cycles and biomes as provided by me. Basically we discussed pages 48-66 as most kids have a good understanding of these concepts.
There is no homework.

Butterflies and water cycle

Students hung their painted lady chrysalis in the big butterfly cage.
We then reviewed our test from last week.
We briefly glanced in the book and discussed the three phases of water and the water cycle.

There is no homework

The Thin Green Line

Students watched the second half of this video.
If you were absent or want to watch it again please click on the link below.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/frogs-the-thin-green-line/video-full-episode/4882/

There is no homework.

Dissection Analysis

Students worked with their partners to answer the analysis questions about the frog dissection. Students also completed their frog diagrams.
There is no homework.

Frog Dissection Day 2

Today was the 2nd day of dissection. Students looked at the internal structures in a frog.
 There is NO homework.

Frog Dissection

Students worked on Part 1 of the frog dissection. This included the external anatomy of the frog and the frogs mouth. Tomorrow we will do Part 2: Internal Anatomy
There is no homework

Frog Sandwich

Students labeld, colored, cut and glued their frog sandwiches. The end result will be 4 pages - Figure 1, figure 4, figure 6 and figure 8. These must be complete when students come to class in order for them to be able to do the frog dissection tomorrow. If it is not finished they may not do the dissection.
Homework: finish frog sandwich

Frog Sandwich

Students  received their "Frog Sandwiches" and we worked together on beginning labeling them. Students need to color Figures 1, 2 and 3 for homework. They do NOT need to label as we will work on that together tomorrow.

"The Thin Green Line"

 This week is the beginning of our frog unit. We started by watching a movie title "The Thin Green Line"
 Students created a KWL (K - what I know, W - 2 questions about what I want to know, L - what I learned) chart in their spirals. In the KWL they wrote about frogs and are to fill in the L for what they learned from the movie.

Those students that were absent today can watch the movie at home but please only watch the first 25 minutes as that is as much as we watched today.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/frogs-the-thin-green-line/video-full-episode/4882/

Populations and Communities Test

We reviewed our material and then students took their test.
There is no homework.
Have a great weekend.

Review guide

Students worked together and finished the Whooping Crane.
They then received their study guide review sheet for tomorrows test on Chapter one.
Finishing the study guide IS homework.
There will be a review session from 7:30 - 8:00 am tomorrow morning. Students may come in at any time.

Whooping Cranes

Yesterday and today students worked in groups of two or three on Whooping Cranes.
Students need to use data from actual whooping crane research to create graphs, other data tables and answer questions. 99% of this is to be done in class. Students should be finished all the way up to and including Figure 2.

Review

We finished our review in class and then we corrected them.
Students then wrote their observations for their butterfly larvae.
There is no homework.
Have a great 3 day weekend!

Butterfly larvae and Review

Students set up their Painted Ladies  butterfly larvae today.
Students also received review sheets for  Chapter One. They will have 5 minutes to finish it in class tomorrow so some might have to complete for homework tonight.

Succession

We discussed succession and the two types of succession. We read in our books pages 32-34.
There is no homework.

Defense Strategies

Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a fun-filled break.
We discussed defense strategies that different animals use and the kids took notes on these.
We then watched a short video on the Serengeti's  cheetah.
There is no homework