Egg Drop

On Thursday last week the whole school participated in an egg drop.  Teams (led by some fabulous Rainforest Room students) were tasked to design a contraption where they could drop an egg from 42" and it not break.  There were some very cleaver designs, but most importantly it was an amazing chance to watch the kids interact in a multi age setting and having fun.

I think the highlight of their time was when The Hulk (AKA Fred Meyer) broke the egg which exploded all over the ceiling, on the kids, and around the room.  It was a room full of laughter and smiles and lots of cleanup.  :)  Thanks Fred for a good laugh.

Ethan Taking the Egg Challenge.  Squeezing with all of his might.

Fred's Broken Egg

Star Gazing- Solstice Park

Star Gazing - Solstice Park

Thanks to everyone who was able to join us on Friday for star gazing.  It was really cool to see the kids apply their research knowledge to the sky.  They were able to find the North Star, Big Dipper and a few planets.  If you didn't make it I would encourage you to take your kiddos outside and see what they know.  They spent a lot of time doing some research.  In addition to some star gazing it was just nice to spend time as a group outside of the classroom. 

Here are some pictures of our evening out.  (Sorry they aren't great - it was pretty dark).

Planning for Star Gazing

Star Gazing

Today with the help of Chris Yeargin we begun the planning for our class star gazing trip on Friday.  We talked about what we might see, what we hoped to see and were left with some questions.  The class took some time looking in books, looking online and having a discussion about various aspects of the trip.

Chris will be back on Thursday and we hope to answer the following questions:

If you child wants to work on this at home it would be great.  Several mentioned that they had a book or other tool that they wanted to bring in and share and that would also be great.

We are all very excited for Friday.  I hope you can make it!