Our day began today discussing animal classifications and their attributes for sorting. At table groups students wrote as many mammals as they could think of.
For our 30 x 30 nature challenge we used a new measuring tool called a trundle wheel. We discovered that the trundle wheel helps us measure irregular perimeters. Students explored the length of large distances and the perimeters of large areas with the wheels they were very mindful and cooperative as they worked in groups of 4. You have to listen very carefully to hear the click of the wheel. Each click represents 1 meter.
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| trundle wheel |
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| teamwork |
We began some animal research this afternoon and each student choose an endangered species to learn about habitat, diet, adaptations, life cycle and threats. Our neurons were sparked this morning as we began this exploration by talking about the pangolin, an amazing mammal that is critically endangered because of poachers killing it for it's scales and meat. 100,000 of them are killed and taken out of the wild each year. This animal has amazing physical adaptations and we know so little about it. Here is a link we explored this morning
http://www.pangolins.org/:
Here are some photos and an infographic about the pangolin:
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| baby clings to it's mother's tail as she carries it around |
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