4th Grade Bridge Engineers

We learned about how bridges work.  Then each student started building a bridge from a K'nex kit.

Truss Bridge

Beam Bridge

Beam Bridge

5th Grade: The Last Chick Hatched

The last chick hatched overnight, so we hatched a total of 11 out of 12 eggs.  That is really good considering all that goes into a successful hatch.  The students got the chicks fresh food and water.  Then they held them.  They tried a chick race, but the chicks were not very motivated to go where the students wanted! :)

4th Grade: Even More Chicks!!

Two more chicks hatched.  The students had a lot of fun holding the chicks.  They named several of them.

3rd Grade: More Chicks!

This morning two more chicks had hatched and one was about halfway out of the shell.  Two more eggs started hatching by the end of the day.  The students were all very gentle and protective of our babies. :) Here are the students holding their chicks:

3rd Grade Puppet Shows

The 3rd graders made puppets at the Puppetry Arts Institute in April.  Since then, they have written two puppet shows, made props, and been practicing their shows.  Today they performed for the first graders. It took a lot of hard work and practice. Each group did an amazing job performing!

After each performance, they stood to introduce themselves and their puppets.

Chicks!

After 21 days of watching and waiting; we have chicks!  This morning I walked into the room and heard lots of noise from inside the incubator. Not only was there chirping, there was thumping as the chicks ran around!  Six out of the twelve chicks have hatched so far.

The scene inside the incubator before I took the chicks out.  

2nd Grade Trip to the Zoo

We enjoyed a beautiful day looking at the wonderful animals at the KC Zoo.  We got to see the penguins being fed and the sea lion show,  The red pandas and peacock were favorites.