We began the week with our first Artist in Residence (thank you PTA). The artist helped us create clay penguins and each student put their own special touches to their design - we will finish this process in February with glazing:
We researched more information about what penguins eat in the wild.
We also explored water temperature by adding ice or warm water to a cup of water to lower or raise the temperature so we could understand better the temperature of the oceans of the world. - then we can better understand the conditions penguins live in! We used/read thermometers to determine water temperature.
We also worked on an experiment about the insulating properties of blubber by putting our hand in a "glove" made from plastic and cristco then placing the glove in ice water. Our other hand briefly went into the ice water with no glove. We all agree- blubber helped keep our hand much warmer, and it also is part of the reason why penguins can swim in icy cold water.
We even got to create some art about an Arctic animal with our wonder guest teacher Mrs. Beach!
We had a busy week - thanks for all the support from home!
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