Homemade Lava Lamps

Materials:

Create:

Be sure to keep scrolling down to see all the other fun activities below! Did you notice the fun science experiment and coding website links on the right side of this blog? Check them out!

Ben and Ella's Lava Lamps:

Students Who Have Made Nests

Awesome job, Matthew! Nice touch adding your owl and egg to the nest! Seeing your smiling face made me smile! 😁 I love the video you guys put together!

So Cool! Thanks for sharing Asher, from Ms. Bois class! That's one cute mutt bird in your nest!

WOW!! What a cool find, Leo!! I love the color a robin's egg is! Thank you so much for sharing with us!

So cool! Lucy Seavey from Ms. Miedema's first grade class shared her nest. The feathers are beautiful Lucy! 

Great job with your nests, Elijah and family! :)

It looks like Pete the Cat and Llama might be needing a nest soon! So exciting to see what is happening in Mrs. William's Kindergarten class at Congin! I can't wait to see the eggs hatch!

Engineer a Bird Nest

INTRODUCTION: 

EXAMPLES:

There are many kinds of nests in the world for the more than 18,000 species of birds. Click the link below to have a look at  SEVEN NESTS TO IMPRESS!

TIME TO CREATE:
Watch this video to get some ideas...look carefully to see another cameo performance! 

Send photos/videos to

gaulrappw@westbrookschools.org 

colganc@westbrookschools.org

FIND OUT MORE COOL STUFF HERE:

EAGLE FACTS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHEnYbGFMbE&feature=youtu.be

BALD EAGLE, THE ULTIMATE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT SUCCESS STORY

              https://abcbirds.org/bald-eagle-the-ultimate-endangered-species-act-success-story/

RETURN FLIGHT: RESTORING THE BALD EAGLE TO THE CHANNEL ISLANDS

Eliana's Homemade Science Lab

What did you make today Eliana?....           

Oh cool! Her own dye. What will she dye next?!

The Lorax by Dr. Seuss

          Read by Ms. Colgan

The Lorax by Dr. Seuss

           Rapped by Wes Tank (My children's preferred version.)

Plastic Bag Jump Rope

Earth Day Project:

Make a jump rope out of plastic bags! 

(Check out previous post for more Earth Day information.)

Check out Ella's (from Ms. Petry's class) Jump Rope!:

She even got her dog to help! Check out Ella's video of her using her new jump rope!

EARTH DAY (Everyday is Earth Day!)

What's Earth Day? Watch the video to learn more:

Protecting The Planet Starts With You:

(click the link below to find out more)

National Ocean Oceanic and Atmospheric Association  

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle:

Brainpopjr - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Simple Machine Engineers

Thank you Nadianna and Jirhana, from Ms. Johnston's fourth grade class at Saccarappa, for submitting these simple machine videos. 
Can you name the simple machine in their video?

Jirhanna - Simple Machine Video

Nadianna - Simple Machines Part 1

Nadianna - Part 2

Emmanuel's Dream

Part 1:

          Listen to Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story Of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah by, Laurie Ann Thompson and Sean Qualls 

Part 2:

Think about Emmanuel’s powerful message: Disability does not mean inability. What is a powerful message you would like to spread to the world? You can type it in the comments below or send to: colganc@westbrookschools.org

Part 3:

BIKE TO THE FUTURE:

The bicycle was invented in the 1800s. Research to see what early bikes looked like. How have bikes changed over the years? Why? What was wrong with the early models? Using what you learn, draw a picture of what you think bikes will look like in 50 years. How do you think they’ll change and why? Do you think people will still ride bikes, or will they be replaced by new technology? If so, what? (Watch the videos below for some information and ideas.) Draw a picture and send it to us at: 

colganc@westbrookschools.org 

gaulrappw@westbrookschools.org

Part 4:

          Watch the Evolution Of The Bicycle video:

           and Crazy Bikes You Have To See To Believe:

Egg Hollowing Out to Color

There are a lot of holidays happening right now for many people. At my house we will celebrate Easter tomorrow. My family had a blast with this art project, you don't need a holiday to join in on the fun!

Mindfulness Book and Activity

Listen to I Am Peace, A Book of Mindfulness - By Susan Verde & Art By Peter Reynolds. Following the reading, there is a mindful exercise for you to try.

Family Code Week

Live National Online Event April 13-18th

                                                            http://www.familycodenight.org/

Shark Drawings

Check out the shark drawings! Don't forget to look at Part 3: Engineering A Shark Cage - added to the Shark Lady Lesson blog 
post. 

   
Izzy's fantastic shark cage! 

  
Tyler - super cool shark! 

 Wesley, cool 3D shark! Thank you! 

 
Beautiful! Ben and Ella, thanks for sharing! 

I love all the added ocean features! Thanks Amelia!

Thanks Izzy! Cool shark picture! 



Anna, thanks for the picture! Great job!

Thanks for sending in your cool shark drawing, Ethan!