This quarter we've taken the opportunity to learn more about our earth's biomes after being exposed to biodiversity during our Green Schools Quest adventure. Students chose a biome to research, find out about the climate, flora, and fauna that is found there, and any other interesting facts that they wanted to share. After researching, students tried to make biomes come to life by creating their own 3D versions.
We tried our hand at stop-motion animation and created videos that would teach others about our biomes. Stop motion animation is a filmmaking technique where objects are physically manipulated in small increments between photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the frames are played back.
Proud of the students' hard work!
It takes a steady hand and a lot of patience to try this technique.
In addition to our scientific and film-making projects, we have continued to learn about the different types of thinking (like our P.E.T.S. characters). Students have become divergent thinkers and have immersed themselves in the creative process. A fun way we tried divergent thinking was to create our own memes to go with various photos.
Thank you for your support in our Green Schools Quest project. We had such a good turn out at the culminating event. Students seemed ecstatic to be a part of the whole thing!
We will continue to take care of our bird restoration area-- maybe even adding on in our future years in Idea Lab. If you are willing to come up and help feed the birds during the summer, please let me know. We can try and create a schedule of volunteers.
Love seeing these first graders bloom!
It takes a steady hand and a lot of patience to try this technique.
In addition to our scientific and film-making projects, we have continued to learn about the different types of thinking (like our P.E.T.S. characters). Students have become divergent thinkers and have immersed themselves in the creative process. A fun way we tried divergent thinking was to create our own memes to go with various photos. Thank you for your support in our Green Schools Quest project. We had such a good turn out at the culminating event. Students seemed ecstatic to be a part of the whole thing! We will continue to take care of our bird restoration area-- maybe even adding on in our future years in Idea Lab. If you are willing to come up and help feed the birds during the summer, please let me know. We can try and create a schedule of volunteers. Love seeing these first graders bloom!This is a great group of curious, diligent kids. We have enjoyed our time together.
We will continue to learn about our P.E.T.S. characters from now until the end of the school year-- finishing up with some analytical thinking, evaluative thinking, and some fun games that will help us with both!
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