Week of December 7th

This week the owls (k-1) learned more about bones. We talked about the structure of bones - spongy and compact, blood vessels. The kids also learned that blood cells are made inside big bones, and they learned about the different components of blood - red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma. The kids had fun making models of bones and exploring the different components of blood.

While the eagles wait to hear back from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, they are learning about weather. We started our weather study by learning about the atmosphere. They learned about the different layers of the atmosphere, how pressure changes from layer to layer and also about the greenhouse effect.  After learning about the atmosphere, the kids made barometers and small posters summarizing what they learned.

Crows and owls had their last buddy time, before Winter break, yesterday. They made ornaments out of pipe cleaners and put them in a borax/hot water solution. The ornaments will sit in this solution overnight and crystals will form around their ornaments.