3, 2, 1, Blast Off!

3, 2, 1, BLAST OFF!

A big thank you to Nick Young for including us in his model rocket launch this week!  Nick taught the kids about how rockets work, what the different parts do, and had them make hypotheses about which rocket they thought would go the highest!  (Turns out, when you put the engine from the BIG rocket into the LITTLE rocket, it goes almost out of sight!)  We had a great time watching the spectacular launches.  We'll be making our own rockets later in the year when we study space, so this was a great introduction for the kids!

We started a unit in science learning all about our bodies this week.  We started off by being curious and asking questions, and these question will guide our unit.  We had some GREAT questions, like, "What is your stomach for?  How does your heart work?  How do you grow?"  and,  "Why do people puke?"  I love curious kindergarteners!!!  

We began studying bones and muscles.  We talked about how muscles get stronger with exercise, and did a few exercises in class. 

Then we began learning about our brains, and how even though our brains aren't muscles, they grow when we exercise them.  We talked about how we can help our brains grow when we think hard, and when we make mistakes and keep trying!  In fact, our brains grow the very MOST sometimes when we make mistakes and learn from them.  

Last but not least, on Friday we had some more critters join our class!  We began the year by talking about ants and how they work together, just like we do as a class.  So we got an ant farm!  We've had fun watching them already, and we'll be doing some experiments and writing about how they are working together!