Science Unit - Week 1
Hello parents! It's been a while, but I started taking photos again this week because we've just started a very exciting and engaging unit - an Introduction to Science! Grade 4/3, our buddies, have also been in the classroom to help us every day when it comes to centers time. Monday, Day 1, was biology day. We learned about pine trees since it is too cold outside for regular plants to grow. We did activities such as learning how the roots of a tree drink up water and the tactile hands-on activity of picking out pine cones and pine needles. We also started our first science experiment - putting pine needles into various solutions to see which ones are bad for the pine trees (will kill the pine needles). We used water, oil, vinegar, and coffee. Stay tuned to see which ones will hurt the pine needles because so far they are going strong! (Which shows how hardy pine trees are!)