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North Run Farm!

Today the 7th Agers, parents, and teachers went to North Run Farm! We had fun searching through the pumpkin patch for the perfect pumpkin to take home! Before entering the corn maze, we walked into the "corn room" which was a small area on the outskirts on the corn maze. We were surrounded by huge stalks of corn! We learned about different everyday items whose ingredients come from corn:

-ketchup (I didn't know this either! ketchup contains high fructose corn syrup)
-corn flakes and frosted flakes cereal
-some makeup, including blush
-fruit roll-ups
The list goes on! Post your answers on the blog and let's keep the list going...

An Engineer Visits 7-1!

Today 7-1 had a visit from a special scientist! Mr. Koste is a computer engineer who works on special inventions for the government. He brought in a fingerprint scanner and a camera we all had a chance to use! The fingerprint scanner copied our fingerprints and posted them as images on a laptop computer. We learned that everyone's fingerprints are different- even identical twins have different fingerprints! It was so cool to see our fingerprints enlarged on the computer screen!

We used the camera to take individual photos of us (and a group photo at the end of class). In real life the images produced from the camera and fingerprint scanner help to track down good guys and bad guys!

Thank you for visiting us, Mr. Koste! We had a blast learning about this special kind of science called engineering.

ENGINEERING: The profession of applying scientific principles to the design and construction of engines, cars, buildings, bridges, roads, and electrical machines.

A Smell and Taste Scientist Visits 7-1!

A smell and taste scientist visited with 7-1 today! The first experiment involved us closing our noses while eating sour skittles. Without our sense of smell, the candy tasted very different!
We also used our noses and a penny to scratch and sniff a smell book. The last scent was smoke- it was very strong!
Thank you to Dr. Munger for visiting with us! We look forward to many more scientists popping in for experiments this year:)

B painting!

Today in Pilot we watercolored uppercase B's in blue, brown, or black paint. We decided to paint the B's one of these colors because all of their names begin with B! As we painted, we were sure to practice outlining the B in the same manner we will later practice it in pencil. Take a look at the pictures and video below!

Later on this week we will add a photo collage of B items to our B-EAUTIFUL Bs...stay tuned!

Little Nemos

Today in Math we estimated fish! I had the closest estimation, with 10. Can you guess how many fish are in the jar? Scroll below to find the answer.


There are 7 fish in the jar- nice job!

Block Estimation

Today the mathematicians estimated blocks in our estimation jar. This student estimated the EXACT NUMBER of blocks! Nice job!

Marshmallow Estimation!

On Friday we did our first estimation project! The mathematicians had to estimate how many marshmallows they thought were inside of our estimation jar. What's your estimation??

Scroll below to find out!












If you estimated 27 marshmallows- you are correct!! Nice job!