Reduce, Reuse, RECYCLE!

Today we went to the Emmet County Recycling Center. It was great to see where all of our recycled items go and how they are sorted and processed. We also learned more about how recycling helps our environment and our planet.

Great Lakes Energy Visit

Today the ambassadors from Great Lakes Energy came to Charlevoix to teach us about electricity safety. It was awesome! We will always remember safety first! Thank you to GLE and to Mr. Russell for letting us use the bus garage and giving us a ride up there.

Animal Reports

 To wrap up our unit on ecosystems, each student did a report on an endangered species. We researched each animal and gathered facts from the Internet. Students put the information in their own words and typed up a traditional report. Then came the fun part! Students recorded their voices with pictures of the animal talking! Here is the marine turtle report. Click below to see the other reports.

Polar Bear
Spectacled Bear
Black Rhino
Chimpanzees
Amur Leopard
Saola
Tiger
Eurasian Lynx
Penguins
Tree Kangaroo
Blue Whale
Monarch Butterfly
Vaquita
African Elephant
Bearded Vulture
Giant Panda

Ooooooo...Oobleck!

Yesterday Mr. Drenth took a bath in the Oobleck, today was our turn! Oobleck is a substance from the Dr. Seuss book Bartholomew and the Oobleck. It has the properties of both a solid and a liquid.

Making Circuits

Yesterday Ms. Frizzle from The Magic School Bus series would have been proud of us. She tells her kids to "Take chances, make mistakes, get messy," and that is what we did! From a few boxes of wires, batteries, and light bulbs, we experimented and made electrical circuits!

Leap Day, Snow Day!

I hope everyone enjoys their day off. You know Miss Frank misses you all, but likes to be in her pajamas in the morning hanging out with her dog Gregor! Unfortunately we are missing today's great BrainPop movie on why we have an extra day in February every four years. It not only has information that went with our Earth, Sun, and Moon science unit, but also talks about multiples from math. While you are home today, watch the Leap Year video, comment on this post something you learned, and get a prize from the prize box tomorrow!

The Sun, the Earth, and the Moon

Earlier this week we went outside for science. Students worked in groups of three to replicate the movements of the moon and the earth. One student was the sun, another student orbited around the sun, and the third student orbited around the earth. We also created a scale model using a soccer ball as the sun and a popcorn kernel as the earth. We found that "space" is a good name, because there sure is a lot of it out there!

Going to the Moon!

Next week we will be starting a science unit on the relationship between the sun, earth, and moon. If students see the moon during the next few weeks, please draw a picture of it or get a photo. Mark down the day and time and bring it in. You can email photos to Miss Frank. We are going to hang them together in the classroom for a kind of Moon Log to see how it changes. Here is a picture Miss Frank took Tuesday, November 1, at about 6 pm.