Scientists in Action!

The year is off to a great start.  Our first unit in science focuses on animal and plant populations.  The kids and I are excited to explore this topic!  We began with a vial of tiny, brown items and the question- Is it a seed or an egg?  Students created a hypothesis and we designed an experiment to hopefully find the answer to our question.  We will be carefully observing our vials daily.  We have also began examining different types of seeds and will be growing several different ones in our classroom.  On Wednesday of this week we enjoyed a "field trip" to our school's butterfly garden where we quietly took some time to observe what plants and animals were living there.  Wow!  Living things are all around us and it was fun to talk about what we saw and recorded on our observation sheets.  Below are some pictures from our science class in the butterfly garden.  We love science!