5th Grade and the Week of Cells

This week the 5th grade has been investigating the discovery, structure, and function of cells. We were introduced to the early scientists that were influential to our current knowledge of microscopes and microscopic life. These scientists include, Robert Hooke, Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Matthias Schleiden, and Theodor Schwann. Coming up next week we will be looking at actual plant and animal cells under the microscope and learning about the importance of the structures within the cells and how they function. If you find any cool information out about cells this weekend please let us all know where we can find the information too. Great job this week. Have a great weekend!!!!!!

The Beginning 4th, 5th, and 6th

Welcome to the beginning of our classroom blog. As you all know I am teaching across three grades this year and I am extremely excited to be able to jump start our Fourth grade into the world of Middle School Science this year. Our fourth grade is learning about observation techniques that they are going to put into action with our first unit, "Animal Behavior". The fifth graders have come in ready to investigate "Plants in our World" and are diving into the microscopic world of Cells. Finally our experienced sixth grade has continued where they left off last year researching about the Plant and Animal world and Ecosystems and they are extending their knowledge by studying "Ecology and Land Management." We are all very excited about getting to use our campus to further our knowledge about the local environment and have many investigations and experiments planned to extend our abilities in the science realm. I look forward to working with everyone this year. We have exciting things happening and I am thrilled to be a part.