Thursday, July 12, 2007

GEOLOGY CAMP HIGHLIGHTS - THURSDAY

Here are a few highlights....

Not shown (making more conglomerate rocks using foam at the sensory table, classifying and graphing rocks at the math center, observing rocks at the observation center, learning about the rock cycle and earthquakes during reading time, recess kick-ball, reading at the reading center & research center).

At the writing center, the children made acrostic poems and looked for key words in a word search.
At the experiment center, the children hypothesized which rocks would sink and which would float. After writing their guesses, they tested their guesses.
The children painted rocks!For project work, Miss Natalie demonstrates 3 different kinds of ways quakes behave using cakes. The children were quick to pick up on which kinds did what (rift, fold, and fault).
Then they ate their experiment bake quakes! Mmmmm!
For project work with Miss Cristina, the children constructed buildings they thought could withstand and earthquake.
They also practiced some earthquake safety techniques.