Science and Social Studies Week!

The title of this blog is Science and Social Studies week because it sure feels like that was our focus :) From finishing up our maps unit, using our knowledge of maps to make a classroom map and going on a field trip to OMSI it was an awesome and fun week!

Making Our Own Maps

This week our map unit concluded by students using their knowledge of maps to create their own personal map of our classroom! Students included labels, a compass to give directions and we used them to discuss where items in our classroom were located! It was a fun experience for them to look at the perception of our classroom from a birds eye view and it was a challenge for them to make a map that was accurate to the locations in our room! Here are a few of the products:

A student labels the library on her map.

A student finishes adding chairs to her map.

A student colors in our rug and the desks for our classroom.

OMSI Fun!

Our field trip to OMSI this week was amazing! I was so impressed with the students' behavior and their engagement in all of the activities OMSI has to offer! Students got the chance to fly paper airplanes in a venting system, they got to make boats and dams in the water exhibit, we looked at how to make mountains, valleys and oceans using sand and also how to reduce, reuse and recycle! It was a science filled day of fun! The students really enjoyed themselves and I enjoyed seeing them so engaged and being exposed to so many different science topics! Here are a few photos from our day!

A student using sand to explore the different elevations needed to make valleys and mountains.

Students building a retaining wall to protect houses from a tsunami!

A student builds a boat and explores how much weight is needed to keep the boat from tipping over.

Students work together to roll a marble through a maze.

It was a fun filled week and next week being Read Across America promises to be just as fun!

Smiles,

Miss Adams