WeLCOME TO Animal adventures
We are so excited to start our animal adventure together! Get ready for a fun two and a half weeks together exploring different animal habitats and learning about cool creatures. We will be doing hands on experiments, collaborating on collages, and creating with clay! Please bring a shoe box from home for one of our projects. A cardboard box ( for example from Amazon) the size of a shoe box will work too. Also please bring a pencil box with pencils, an eraser, glue stick or glue bottle, and a pair of scissors to keep in the classroom.
We are excited to meet each and every one of you!
Ms. Ellie and Ms. Mace
Day 1
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We watched a video and then talked about four different habitats we will be learning about. Then we played a sorting game!
It was a great first day at Project SEEK! |
Day 2
We finished our day up with a painting project!
Since we learned about the 3 ocean zones, it only made sense to paint them as well. We painted our 3 zones and then drew, and painted, some ocean animals as well!
Since we learned about the 3 ocean zones, it only made sense to paint them as well. We painted our 3 zones and then drew, and painted, some ocean animals as well!
day 3
We continued to learn about oceans today. First, we did a science experiment about if objects float better in fresh or salt water. We had a big discussion and many ideas!
We made our hypothesis and then tested!
We made our hypothesis and then tested!
In the afternoon, we talked about coral reefs and started a coral reef art project.
We were so creative with our sculptures!
We were so creative with our sculptures!
day 4
We started today by playing around with Google Glasses! We were able to take a virtual field trip to all four of the habitats we will talk about during Project SEEK. We saw rain forests, deserts, arctic areas, & oceans! We also saw so many different kinds of animals!
Today we learned about the ocean! We talked about the three zones (surface, transition, & deep), and learned about what animals live in each zone!
We each created our own ocean zones! |
After we ate our snack, we learned about the rain forest and started our rain forest mural!
day 5
We started our day by finishing up our rain forest murals. We drew and painted animals for each layer of the rain forest. We got really creative with our murals!
Next, we spent the rest of our day learning about animal food chains. We took a trip to the computer lab to research different animals and what they eat or consume... We headed back to the class to construct our own food chains using the research we gathered!
day 6
Today we learned about the Arctic and Antarctic! We first did a science experiment to see how blubber works... We made our hypothesis and tested it out! Most of us were correct with our predictions.
Day 7
We left the arctic because it was too cold and we ventured to the desert! We learned about how desert animals adapted to the harsh elements with special body adaptations. In the afternoon we made our own sand for sand art, by dyeing salt with food dye. We used the sand to create desert landscape sand art. It was a fun day!
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day 8 - Field trip!!
Today was our field trip to the St. Croix State Park!
We had so much fun collecting bugs, playing outside, learning about wildfires, & going on a scavenger hunt.
It was a great day overall!
We had so much fun collecting bugs, playing outside, learning about wildfires, & going on a scavenger hunt.
It was a great day overall!
day 9
Today we started on our final Project SEEK projects!
We are each researching one animal, and then creating a diorama about their habitat.
We are each researching one animal, and then creating a diorama about their habitat.
day 10
We spent our Monday working on our final projects, getting them ready for Parent's Night!
First we needed to paint our clay animals, then work on our diorama habitats.
First we needed to paint our clay animals, then work on our diorama habitats.
day 11
We are SO excited to show our parents, guardians, grandparents, whoever (!) everything we learned about and created at Project SEEK this year!!
See you from 5-7 everyone!
See you from 5-7 everyone!
Day 12
Playing games on our last day together! Playing one more time with our new friends!