URI Learning Landscape

We had a lot of fun on our trip to URI.  The gardens were beautiful.  The children learned a lot about plants and their habitats, animals and their adaptations, using worms for composting, and things that harm our habitats.  The children participated in hands-on lessons at different stations throughout the garden.  Our students were very knowledgeable about all the various topics.  I was very proud of them.
Here are some photos of our trip.  I will post a slide show later with more pictures.

Discovering Things About Stringed Instruments

We have been learning a lot about pitch by studying our homemade stringed instruments or harps.  We experimented with different lengths of string, different tensions and different thicknesses of strings.  The children discovered that the tighter the string, the higher the pitch, the longer the string, the higher the pitch and thicker strings have lower pitch than thinner strings.

Checking Out the Chicks!

We have been weighing the chicks periodically.  They are growing very fast!  We are weighing them in grams and this has been helpful to us in our study of metrics in math.  We gently handled the chicks and observed them on the floor!

The Peepers Have Arrived

Our baby chicks were born last week.  They arrived right on time on the 21st day.  We had a great hatch this year.  Ten out of our 12 eggs hatched!  Above are some pictures of the hatching and soon after.