Week 1

 Develop a lifelong love of learning through curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking.  

We laughed our way through this first week as we tried to get our rhythm. We had some hiccups but all subjects were met for MTH.

Highlight of the week for each student:

J- Swimming! Also Madlibs.  Her favorite: "The Rocking Chair dragons of Walmart run into the wings of hungry predators hoping to be swallowed."

A-Swimming and Night Zookeeper. And Blokus.

Math- Cooking and a math placement test

LA- Madlibs, Nighzookeeper, and Redbird

Social Studies-The presidents of Mount Rushmore

Science- Why does a marshmallow get bigger when microwaved? Because moisture in the marshmallow evaporates and the warmer gases expand outward.

Camp-sized marshmallow blown up

PE and Science- Swimming and hiking

Saw a horney toad

The kids found moss and hypothesized tardigrade probably live on it.

Exploring Technology- Kiwi Crates and Crunch Labs

BONUS: Stay Curious (Questions the kids asked)

Why to Ring Tail Lemus have ringed tails?  

It helps the group stay together when traveling. There are 13 rings on every lemur and their tails are longer than their bodies.

We also learned lemurs have two tongues! One for cleaning their tooth comb. Most lemurs spend most of their time in trees, but the ring tail lemurs travels on the ground. They also sit in a seated yoga position when sunbathing. They rarely drink water.    

Is there an animal that never drinks water?

 Yes! The kangaroo rat! It eats mainly seeds.