We needed to find sticks for our activities next week. We also chose a tree and we will take a photo of it every month to see it change.
We learned that if you look back at a tree through your legs and can see the whole tree, then if you measure to the tree, then that is it’s height!
We observed the twigs under the digital microscope t see if anything was living on them and to see the different parts of the twigs.
The class tree.
We had a feel of our bones today. The felt all knobbly and bobbly. We knew that our ribs protected our lungs. we didn’t know that children’s bones are “bendy” and aren’t fully formed. We looked at an x ray of an adult hand and a child’s hand and compared the differences.
We made our skeletons with cotton buds.
We have been looking at bones in the class, following on from our look at fossils. We even have ” Mr Bones” the skeleton in class! Bones are amazing!
We have been fascinated with fossils in 2.6. Some children have brought some things in for us to have a look at under the digital microscope. They are so cool.
We had some natural things to discover and look closely at in the tuff tray today. We used the magifiers to have a closer look and see what things look like . We were amazed at what we saw!
We learned about Mary Anning in drama this week. She discovered fossils and is the inspiration for the tongue twister (she sells sea shells on the sea shore). She sold her fossils at the beach. We were fascinated by her story and made our own fossils with play doh that Mrs Arbuckle had made for us. Fossils are fascinating.
We used sticks to make the bone patterns.
Our patterns on our fossils were beautiful.
We really concentrated to make a good job.
We loved looking at what was happening in different parts of the world on live cams. We saw elephants playing in water; pandas having fun on a swing with their mum; dogs in a rescue centre; birds in the wild; and watched the sunset at the beach in Hawaii. It was very relaxing.
We used these cams to discuss the animals and realise that other things go on in other parts of the world that we live in.
Word spread like wildfire … there was a spider in a box in the pit! 🕷
Mrs Arbuckle suggested that it was best to leave it there and let it go on it’s way. ( She was feeling brave! ) However, our spider hero picked it up in his hands and put it in the sink. We all had a look. It had 8 long legs and it looked quite fragile. Not like the big black ones that sprint across your carpet at home. shudders
Alex brought us in some crab shells and a baby crab to look at. They were amazing! The baby crab still had its claws. Mrs Arbuckle put them under the visualiser – the microscope wasn’ t working . 😢 We had lots of crab stories to share.
We have put them on our wall for everyone to see. 😀
We looked at germs in our first week. It is so important to know why we cannot put our fingers or items in our mouths and why we have to sneeze into our arms.
We looked at dirt on hands under the digital microscope. ( Mrs Arbuckle’s nails were disgusting even though she had washed her hands!)
Next we used body glitter to pretend that we sneezed on our hands. When we touched things, we could see the “germs” sparkle.
Then we used the “ snot “ bottle. We pretended to sneeze and see how far a sneeze travelled. We even “sneezed” three times in one spot and made a “ booger puddle”. It was disgusting!
Finally, we used the airzooka, to see how far a cough would travel. It really made the paper move. We tried it on our hair too. It flew right up!
We now know why it is important to wash our hands and stay safe.
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