day 3 of butterflies

Thanks so much to the ladies from the Oklahoma Center for Arts Education for helping us create some beautiful butterflies!

2nd grade engineering design

Challenge: design a zoo for invertebrates on paper and then build a model using unifix cubes.

butterflies day 2

Oklahoma Center for Arts Education working with kindergarten and first grade.

mealworm behavior: obstacle course

Firsties and Kindergarteners

Really cool butterfly craft brought by the Oklahoma Center for Arts Education. Day 1

more mealworms

Animal Behavior Lab

We studied vertebrates via critter cams at zoos around the country and our very own Echo the gecko.  We studied invertebrates using mealworms.  Most students will continue this lab during their next STEAM class time. Handling the creepy crawly mealworms seemed to be everyone's favorite part!

butterflies

Our kindergarteners and our firsties have been studying the butterfly life cycle. They made life cycle models on plates with pasta. They colored stick puppets. They sang songs and watched videos. It was a fun lesson!

ipads are fun to explore

During our technology lesson, these first grade students enjoyed a few minutes of tech time using the ipads.

technology lesson

Students are exploring what technology is and isn't...

engineering lesson

We read a nonfiction story about a real life engineer. Then, we read a fiction story about a girl who loves to do engineering projects. We learned that the only true failure can come if you quit. Our grades 3-5 students used an H-chart to compare and contrast the two texts. Our K-2 students created posters showing engineers at work using math and science to solve problems.