Leprechaun Traps, and Family Math Game Night
/ Abby ThompsonThis week was jam packed with Leprechaun trap engineering, weather, and math games! The Whales had so much fun on Monday creating Leprechaun traps. They planned out a design prior to engineering. Their designs had to have a place to hold gold, a way for the Leprechaun to get in, something to keep the Leprechaun entertained, and a letter to entice the Leprechaun inside. The Whales all had these elements in their traps, and they still did not catch the LEPRECHAUN! That Leprechaun was mischievous! They left our toilets green, they emptied out our writing caddies and book shelves!! They left foot prints on our tables and floors! We had to clean up the entire mess! Better luck next year Whales!
This week with our unit of study we learned about thermometers, wind, and clouds! We talked about how to measure temperature using a thermometer. We measured our classroom temperature, room temp water, ice water, and hot water. We then recorded our temperatures on paper thermometers. We learned that wind is made from moving air molecules. We did a few different science experiments to test trapping air, feeling strong wind (fast moving air molecules) and slow wind (slow moving air molecules), and we also tested if air has weight. Which we found out it does! But air is not very heavy. We practiced being bossy cool air that pushes warm air up and up. Which causes air molecules to move and in turn creates wind. We learned about how to predict weather by looking at the clouds. Cumulus clouds are big and look fluffy. Cumulus clouds mean that it most likely going to be a nice day! Cirrus clouds are high in the sky and they look wispy. They also mean it will be a nice day! Nimbus clouds are dark and mean storms are on the way. Stratus clouds are like a blanket across the wind that mean rain is on the way! Over spring break go cloud watching with your Whale. What do they see? What kind of weather might you be getting?
Thursday was a day full of math and fun! Thank you everyone for coming to Family Math Game Night. It was such a joy to see the Whales playing with each other and their families! We hope everyone enjoys their goody bags and get to play some new math games over spring break!