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4 Hour Class - We're Ba-a-a-a-a-ack!

We're back from the holidays and our book shelves were looking empty, so we headed to the library to get some books...

Everyone gets to choose one book and check it out.

We played some bingo
 which went from a single player...

...to several players...

...and soon...

...the whole class was playing!

We had lots of different art choices
Cutting & Gluing

Drawing & Colouring

And lots of imagination!

Justin made this "Rock Star"

To continue our ICE Exploration -
We used markers and ice on coffee filters


As the ice melted it made the colours run, creating cool effects on the coffee filters
This led us to a discussion about how ice melts. We talked about the difference 
between melting and breaking the ice and the different ways ice might melt.

We set up an experiment to see which would melt the ice the fastest

For more pictures and info - check out the board in the hallway

The hot water was not hot anymore...

Clayten and Weston made fishing rods

This book on CD is a Magic School Bus book about the human body
We were very interested in it...

This led us to a taste experiement

For more pictures and info - check out the board in the hallway

We also started to talk about the brain

As our interest in the human body seems to be quite high, we plan on exploring it further in the upcoming weeks!


It's great to be back!
Nicole


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