See previous posts for more pictures and information. Here are notes from lessons I hadn't mentioned yet:
- Learned about whales, sharks, seals, penguins, rays and skates
- Watched "The Magic School Bus Takes a Dive" - discussed coral reefs and animal partnerships, made a web graphic organizer as a class
- Made ocean dioramas - I wish I had pictures of those. All of them were fantastic. I was really impressed by the detail the kids put into them. Some even incorporated principles/facts we had discussed into the placement of their animals - like having the predators actually chasing the prey!
- Mini unit on seashells
My grandma has always been an avid seashell collector. She has literally buckets of them stored at her house in Orem, and she knows a ton about the different classifications. So when I told her I wanted to finish up Oceanography with a couple of seashell lessons, she gave me a large sampling of shells to bring to class. We discussed the difference between monopods (1 shell) and bipods (2 shells), how shells are the exoskeletons of invertebrates, and how they are classified. The kids were so excited. They really enjoyed touching and observing the shells, and it was satisfying for me to see them start classifying and comparing without too much prompting from me. Several students in the class ended up doing "reports" on shells to earn stickers. And our final activity for the unit was the shell and sand art projects which the kids brought home yesterday. :)
I've gone through here collecting all the cute pictures you took of the class and saved them to my files. I want them to always remember what a wonderful experience they had in your class. They already miss you! You've been such an amazing teacher!
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