Science

We "built" our African habitats this week.  Students who wrote reports about animals in the grasslands used potting soil to grown grass.  Notice how the soil is flat to represent the flat landscape and how the grass seeds are clumped together to reflect how the grasses grow.  Students who researched animals in the desert built dioramas using sand, which they shaped into small hills to represent the dunes.  Lastly, students who studied animals in the tropical rainforest used a shoebox to contain the various layers of the rainforest, represented by paper towel tubes and lots of green paper! We also put animals and plants inside our landscapes using paper and popsicle sticks.
We will attend to our grasses in school until April vacation as we're continuing our explorations about what makes the grass grow......