Teddy completed his interactive calendar, read and discussed his vocabulary words, finished his calendar talk activity, put together his daily sentence puzzle, worked on his phonics activities, and reviewed weather concepts.
Libby completed her interactive calendar, read and discussed her vocabulary words, finished her calendar talk activity, put together her daily sentence puzzle, reviewed weather concepts, and worked on her phonics activities.
Aiden completed the lab "Pulling Your Weight" which demonstrated Newton's 3rd Law of Motion, equal and opposite forces. He completed the investigation "Back to Back" where he brainstormed if a sailboat with a fan attached to it would sail. We discussed and drew diagrams.
Colson completed the Investigation "Resource Consumption" where he analyzed a graph of human use of resources and a chart of population growth rates. He calculated the PGRs for developed and developing countries and answered the follow-up questions. We discussed.
Colson completed the Investigation "Population Simulation" where he calculated and graphed the population growth of an imaginary island. We discussed exponential growth and carrying capacity. He calculated the number of acres available per person each year and predicted available resources below and above carrying capacity.
Aiden completed the Force and Acceleration lesson review questions. We went over the answers. He completed the Lesson 3 Launch on Force Pairs "Blowing in the Wind" where he brainstormed what happens between a sail on a sailboat and the wind.
