Worms! Part of the Garden System

Spring has sprung!  Time to get back to thinking about the garden system.  Every healthy garden needs worms and today we began our study of these awesome creatures.

To introduce this new Expedition I set out containers of "soil" and told the children we would be "scientists" today and our job was to take a close look at soil using our scientific tools. 
(popsicle sticks:)

EEKKK! Soon the squeals began as the children found the worms hidden in each tub.  Yes, we will be studying worms!

Then it was time to assemble the worm farm and take observation notes in our scientific journals.  We will be doing experiments with the earthworms and we will observe the worm farm daily to watch the tunneling begin.  

What Do You Know About Geometry?

We are starting to learn more about the shapes in our world, a unit of study that the children always enjoy.

Before we began, I wanted to know what background knowledge the students already had around this subject.
So I asked them:

It was clear that we would need to take some time on this journey and we have begun. 

After the second day of study, I connected our new learning to something called a Padlet. Here we can post our learning along the way.  Very cool!

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