| The Polycom video conferencing equipment for
our building is kept in our classroom. With this equipment we can
have video conferences around the world. Mr. Huggins, our
technology administrator, helps us with our video conferences. He
works on the equipment and helps us schedule video conferences.
He
also attends our video conferences. At the conferences he solves
any problems and helps us with the equipment. VIDEO CONFERENCES
SENSE OF ADAPTATION
We had a virtual fieldtrip/video
conference, a "Sense of Adaptation", with
Michigan State University Museum.
The MSU Museum , is Michigan's largest natural
history/cultural museum and a Smithsonian Affiliate museum on April
23rd. In this program the students explored the amazing world of animal
adaptation through their five senses. The students viewed and discussed
various animals and how they adapt to their environments.
The children examined the softness and lightness of peacock feathers.
With
the use of paper napkins the children discovered the difference in
eggshell thickness
between an ostrich egg and a chicken egg. They also discussed the many
types
of camouflage and examples of these types in the animal world. They
participated
in numerous hands-on activities and scientific observations.
As a culminating activity the children observed and sketched live
crickets.
Then the children were given different habitat conditions and asked to
draw how their cricket might adapt in order to survive in such a
habitat.
   VIDEO CONFERENCES
BOOK EXCHANGE WITH GENEVA ELEMENTARYAfter
Steven Kellogg visited our school we decided to write books about what
happened after the "Island of the Skog" to the mice and the Skog. Each
child created a book and we created a class book. We shared our
class book with Geneva Elementary who shared their books with us.
You may view our class book at this website,
http://www.genevaschools.org/austinbg/class/kellogg/class.htm  |
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