Monday February 24, 2014

Aquarium Visit and Overnight Trip

This year our school excursion will take place at the National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium in Pingtung County on March 20th. Grade 1 students who would like to attend will need to pay 700 NT. This will cover the bus and Thursday's activities at the aquarium. We will be leaving at 8:30 am on March 20 in order to get there as early as possible so please make sure you arrive at school by 8:15. Lunch will be provided for everyone up on arrival to the aquarium.

Please fill out the form and return by Wednesday February 26.

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Today in Science class we planted four cups of seeds. We are learning about what plants need to grow and be healthy. One cup will not get water, one will not get sunlight, one will not get air, and one will get water, sunlight, and air. We will be observing the changes in each cup over the course of the next week. We also did another experiment to understand how plants "drink" water. We put a piece of celery and a white flower into cups with water and red food coloring. We will observe them over the next few days to see what happens. Students predicted that the parts of the celery and flower that are in the water will turn red, but the parts sticking out will not. Stay tuned!

In Math class today we talked about the difference between plane shapes and solid shapes. Shannon is counting the faces of a rectangular prism. Later, we counted the edges, and corners of various shapes.
Math Homework: Page 45 and 46
For page 45 students must complete a chart to count the number of faces, edges, and corners of different solid shapes. Please encourage them to look around the house for these shapes to help them count.

Have a great night everyone, see you tomorrow!