Four Winds

This year Sophie and Michelle (class parents) are teaching the Four Winds Lessons to our class.  This community based education program brings science learning to our classroom with fun, hands-on activities.  This year's focus is "patterns in nature".  Today we looked for patterns in the insect world and learned about what defines an insect and the variations of these animals.  This lesson complimented our first grade study of insects perfectly!  Sophie and Michelle performed a puppet show, then the children discussed the parts of an insect and put together their own insect models.  We then went outside to capture and observe insects.  Finally, we wrote about what we learned in our science journals.  In October, we will learn about patterns in leaves!  For more information, please check out the Four Winds Nature Institute website at:
http://www.fwni.org/psd.html#all-sorts-of-insects