Earth Day 2013

* Celebrate Earth Day *

It is time to celebrate Earth Day! This year, Cheri Duckwyler volunteered to participate in the Charleston Newspapers in Education Earth Day contest. Her challenge was to create a hat using recycled newspaper! I definitely think she rose to the occasion by creating her "Kentucky Derby" inspired hat. Great job and good luck Cheri! I challenge the rest of you to create something using recycled material. Take a picture of your creation, send it to me, and it might just end up on our classroom blog.

Cheri shows off her wonderful Earth Day creation!

"Star" Students

7th grade science students are "stars"!

To cap off our unit on stars, 7th grade science students completed a 4-day project that included researching a specific star and creating it using paper mache mix, balloons, newspaper, and acrylic paints. Each student handmade their star according to the research they completed on day 1. Take a look at what they were able to accomplish!

(Day 1: Michaela works on Step # 1 - researching her star, the Sun)

 (Day 2: JJ, Talia, Sydney, & Mark work on Step #2 - paper mache)

 (Kaylan, Autumn, & Brookelyn are hard at work. Nice job ladies!)

 (Day 2 is a success! The students let their stars dry overnight)

 (Day 3: Allie, Makayla, Mariah, Madeline, & Morgan work on Step #3 - paint)

 (Mark & Ryan displaying their completed work)

 (Day 3 is also a success! Students used their research to determine the color)

(Day 4: Mrs. Adkins' homebase displays their final products)