Space Month ended with a trip to the Natural History Museum. We enjoyed a very informative, age-appropriate Planetarium show of the Solar System that included a star search, planet identification, and a view of Earth from Venus! Matt, our very knowledgeable docent assisted us in locating the Archer, the Big Dipper (Ursa Major), and Cassiopeia. The constellation Cassiopeia was also discussed by Madame in our Latin class. We ended our morning with a brief museum browse of space artifacts (including freeze dried foods); a stroll through rocks and minerals, Michigan's indigenous animals, and the dinosaur section. We returned to school to implement some of our acquired knowledge and made our own constellations with tin foil, push pins, and a light source! Our new theme month "The Future" will allow us to continue space exploration and other related topics!  |
| We were all warm and fuzzy standing in front of the woolly mammoth. |
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| Kindergartners attempted to identify and count all of the moths, beetles, and other critters used to create this display. |
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| Alex' s Dad viewed a bit of the planetarium show with us then blasted off to the airport! |
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| Kindergartners predicted that this rock was crystal. It was actually Halite (rock salt). |
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| We ventured into our own backyard back at school and found rolly pollies, worms, and ants for the bug jar. We also used an unfamiliar tool-a "bulber" to pull weeds. |
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