We welcomed some new members to Idea Lab this year! It was wonderful to meet our new teammates. In order to get to know each other a little better, we each designed a mini Lego Bot Prototype that is like ourselves and different than ourselves in many ways.
We introduced ourselves to our new teammates by presenting our Lego Bots. We explained the similarities and differences between our Bots and ourselves.
There has been a change in the order of our units this semester. We are taking a pause from our LEGOS for a little while to explore the continent of South America. In our continent study, we will explore these essential questions:
Why is it important to the global community to protect the rainforests?
How do we balance the use of resources from the rainforest with the importance of maintaining biodiversity and a flourishing rainforest ecosystem?
How can we protect natural habitats?
We learned a little bit about the continent of South America first before exploring these essential questions and focusing on the rainforest ecosystem.
Each student used their creativity to create a country collage about a country in South America that they there were interested in learning more about.
Students will also learn about the physical and political features of South America.
Students learned about the incredibly rich ecosystem: the Amazon Rainforest that stretches across 9 countries in South America. Students learned about the many plant and animal species in the rainforest, and the important role it plays in limiting climate change.
*We will pick up our FIRST Lego League unit, SUPERPOWERED, in the second quarter of school as our competition has been scheduled for early February and will take place at Reed Elementary.
