Exploration Works

Today we went on a field trip to Exploration Works. The current exhibit is about weather and the kids learned that hot air or water goes up and cold air or water goes down. They also learned about turbulence and played with exhibits showing clouds, tornadoes, bubbles, wind and waves. Upstairs the kids used blocks to build, flew an airplane, used enormous Tinker Toys and compared brain waves. What an amazing experience!

We've Been Busy!

The first graders have been busy this month. We've finished another art project that has been posted to Artsonia.com. The students earned a popcorn party a couple of weeks ago and we have plans to publish our own hardback book before Christmas. Last week we read about pumpkins and this week we've been learning about bats. Our Halloween party is this Friday and all family is welcome. We look forward to a spooktacular time!

Earth Day Cleanup

Today our class, along with all the other classrooms at Central, cleaned up garbage on our playground. We enjoyed popsicles after all of our hard work at the end of the day.