Week of May 11th

We started the week off by attending a wonderful show at the Flynn.  It was called, "Cirque Mechanic: Pedal Punks".  The class absolutely loved it.  There was some trick bike riding, and some acrobatic stunts along with humor mixed in:)  When we got back, I had the students write their opinion of the show, stating whether they liked it or not and the reasons why.  Here are some of the reasons why the students liked the show:

• "They did amazing things that I could never do."
• "I liked the music and the trampoline acts."
• "I liked it because it was really active and there were a lot of bikes and I like bikes too."
• "They did lots of flips on the trampoline.  It was cool."
• "I like the yo yos"

Those are just a few of the reasons.  There were lots more:)

We also had our last Hands on Nature this week.  We got to learn about streams and answered these questions:  What kinds of animals live in streams? What is their habitat? Does a stream have more than one kind of habitat? 

Our volunteers began with a puppet show.  Then the class headed down behind Heritage Lane to an actual stream and looked to see what they could find living in it.  We found various insects and one student even found a crayfish.  We also tested to see how fast the stream was moving.  After visiting the stream, we came back and recorded what we found in our Hands on Nature journals.  The class had a lot of fun!!  Again I would like to thank Janet, Marcela and Kate for volunteering this year to lead Hands on Nature.  The class looked forward to it each month!!  We hope you will be back again next year:)

Have a wonderful weekend,

Nancy