Libby completed her interactive calendar, read and discussed her vocabulary words, finished her calendar talk activity, checked on her barometer and wrote in her logbook, looked in on her water cycle puddle, read and discussed her Scholastic News Magazine about blue honey, observed the eggs in the incubator, put together her daily sentence puzzle, and worked on her phonics activities.

Colson and I used the rock collection in the lab to identify sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks. We used the rock cycle charts to place the rocks in their location and see how they change with increased temperature and pressure.

Nico completed his interactive calendar, read and discussed all his vocabulary words, learned about what a barometer is and does, and made a barometer that can predict the weather by demonstrating high or low air pressure.

Aiden read about gene therapy, artificial selection, selective breeding, genetically modified organisms, and completed a dog breeding activity called "Developing Dogs". He analyzed the diagram of genetic engineering producing insulin and viral vectors being used in gene therapy.

Aiden completed the Investigation "Changing the Future" where he researched types of artificial selection and presented his research.

Libby completed her interactive calendar, read and discussed her vocabulary words, finished her calendar talk, wrote in her barometer logbook, put together her daily sentence puzzle, and transplanted her sunflower into a new pot.

Teddy completed his interactive calendar, read and discussed his vocabulary words, finished calendar talk, put together his daily sentence puzzle, recorded information in his barometer logbook, and transplanted his sunflower into another pot.

Nico completed his interactive calendar, set up his science station, read and discussed his vocabulary words, reviewed sound waves, and made a telephone to demonstrate how sound waves travel.

Colson completed the Lesson Review and the rock cycle quizzes. We went over the answers.

Aiden completed the Lesson 2 Review on The Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection. We went over the correct answers. He completed the Artificial Selection activity "Corn Connection" where he brainstormed why corn a long time ago looks different to corn today.