Sea Horse Part II

Here are some pictures of the Bony Plate Crew and Color Crew hard at work!  More to come soon...

Caroline J. adding bony plates to our sea horse...

Ashlyn and Omaya added glue to help the bony plates stick.

Caroline J., Jiwon, Omaya, and Ashlyn working hard on the bony plates.

Omaya helping Jaden add some bony plates...

Bony plates complete!

Sam, Jiwon, Emma, and Holland of the Color Crew are trying to decide which color to paint our sea horse.

Sam and Jiwon thinking..."Hmmm...which color should we choose?"

The Color Crew could not agree on one color so they decided to paint one side orange with red spots and the other side pink with dark pink spots.  Sam, Jiwon, Emma, and Holland talked about why it would work to do two colors...sea horses can change colors to match their environment to protect themselves from predators.  We thought this was a valid reason to paint the sea horse two colors! 

"Me and Jiwon getting started on the orange paint before we used red for the red spots." Sam

More pictures coming soon!

Sea Horse Part I

We have been busy learning about sea horses!  We spent several days reading and researching information about sea horses.  Once we gathered enough information we decided to make a plan to build a sea horse for our pod!  Below you will find pictures and details about our learning process!  We hope you enjoy!

Emma, Campbell, and Holland reading books about sea horses.

Quin, Jaden, Sam, and Jiwon researching online...

Brylee, Ashlyn, Aiden, and Caroline J. researching sea horses..

Caroline M. and Jasmyn checking our list of questions...

Sofia, Omaya, and Yasmine learning about sea horses...

Now it was time to make a plan for construction.  Here is a list of our steps...

Sea Horse Building Plan

1. Read and research facts about the sea horse.

2. Learn about their habitat.

3. Collect and gather materials.

4. Use the materials to make the sea horse and the habitat.

5. Write facts to show others what we have learned.

6. Label the parts of the seahorse and habitat.

Then we discussed how we would make the sea horse.  Two options were suggested.  One option was for everyone to work together on all parts of the building.  The other suggestion was to sign up for a special job.  We took a vote and the children decided to sign up for jobs!  Here are a list of our jobs and team members...

Sea Horse Jobs

Framing Crew:  Aiden, Brylee, and Quin

Stuffing Crew:  Campbell, Jaylen, and Sofia

Bony Plate Crew:  Omaya, Ashlyn, and Jaden

Color Crew:  Holland, Sam, Emma, and Jiwon

Habitat Crew:  Forrest, Knox, Alex, and Yasmine

Water Crew:  Caroline M., Caroline J., and Jasmyn

The Framing Crew, Stuffing Crew, and Bony Plate Crew got to work this week.  Next week we look forward to the other crews finishing our project! 

Quin and Brylee getting paper to start framing the sea horse.

Quin, Brylee, and Aiden drawing the outline of the sea horse.

Forrest and Campbell stuffing our sea horse.

Forrest helping us staple the sea horse.

Campbell and Forrest are done stuffing and stapling.  

Sam emailing the purple pod to see if we can come share what we have learned about sea horses since they are learning about the ocean.  What a thoughtful friend!

Forrest and Caroline J. writing about our reason for building a big seahorse.  

More pictures and news to come...

Frogs and Tadpoles

Last week our froglets and tadpoles arrived! We were really happy to see them! We put the frogs and tadpoles in a small tank. We had to put them in separate tanks because the frogs would eat the tadpoles. We put them in our Science Center to look at them and observe them! We also have books about frogs and tadpoles for us to read. We have a journal that we can write and record what we see the frogs and tadpoles doing. We are recording the changes we see in our tadpoles and froglets. If you look very closely at our tadpoles you can see their hearts. The tadpoles have transluscent skin that you can see through. We like to be scientists by observing and reseaching our frogs and tadpoles. Forrest is our feeder. He gives our froglets four pellets and gives our tadpoles one scoop of tadpole food each day! He is a responsible friend. He will be training other friends soon on how to be a fabulous feeder! All of our friends work together to check on the frogs and tadpoles to make sure they are alive and doing well. We voted on names for our tadpoles and frogs. We are not very sure if they are girls or boys. So we decided to come up with girl and boy names just in case. Our frogs' names are Bella and Richard. Our tadpoles names are Fancy and Michael. We love our new buddies!