Friends come into the classroom and immediately check in on their colors experiment. "Hey! Look at this one, it has red and blue and brown mixed in it!" Parker and I were especially surprised to see that Tiger Orange had red, yellow and GREEN come out of it! There are some great observations happening and we look forward to our final observation once the coffee filters completely dry out and we can really see the various colors.
Construction continues in the block area. Myles fills up the logger truck while Crosby and Garrett fill the dump truck with large boulders. Logan does some research while the crew is busy :)
Nice work, Weston. But maybe next time, we'll use tape instead of gluing paper to our forehead and hands...hahaha!
Our work with Corals and Coral Reefs continue!
Today we watch two short National Geographic Kids videos (See What Sam Sees) about coral and how shipwrecks, both natural and man-made, can help create natural coral reef environments.
If you are interested in connecting with your kiddo about what they learned from the videos, here is a list of things that we talked about:
-There are 9 million species that live in coral reefs (we specifically talked about starfish, stingrays and the scrawled filefish)
-Polyps adhere themselves to rocks and after they die, they leave their tiny little skeletons behind. Over time, these build up and create coral structures.
-Artificial reefs are created to make underwater habitats for coral and other ocean species (they clean and sink old tires, subway cars, ships and trains to make these artificial reefs).
-Coral reefs provide necessary food and shelter to ocean life.
-Coral is an endangered species that we must take care of.
-Coral divides into clones and create colonies/communities (these colonies can be huge!).
-Staghorn and Elkhorn coral look just like deer/elk antlers!
-Coral look and act like plants, but they are animals.
-The temperature of the ocean has to be just right for coral to survive. If the water is too cold or too hot, they get sick and die. Crosby shares with us that he did not see any coral when he went to Cape Cod and we discuss how the Atlantic Ocean is waaaaaaaay too cold for coral. What a great observation to add to our discussion!
-Scientists study coral babies so that they can better understand how to take care of them in the ocean and keep them from going extinct.
-Healthy coral reefs make healthy oceans and a healthy Earth!
***We will be making Coral Reef books next week and adding these awesome facts to it***
Have a wonderful weekend!
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