PULGAR Creatures

We listened to a story about a PULGAR - a creature that comes alive for one day a year - and EATS everything he sees. We then built our versions of what we think a PULGAR would look like.

Andy Warhol Prints. After studying the artist, we painted pictures in his style.

Assembly Line

For the last two weeks we have been learning about assembly lines and how they help the factory work faster. Last week each person in class made a bus - assembling each piece individually.  We worked in two different groups of eight students. The first group made their buses in 44:28 (44 minutes and 28 seconds.) The second group made their buses in 53:10. This was an average time of about 6 minutes a bus.

This week we did the project again – but in stations as in an assembly line. Each person was only responsible for one part of the assembly. There were 8 stations, one student at each station. This time when we worked on our buses, it took the first group 7:06 to make 8 buses and it took the second group 8:07 to make 8 buses. This average time worked out to be about a minute a bus. Here are some pictures of the kids doing the bus building.

 

Jacksonville Arboretum Fieldtrip

We went to the Jacksonville Arboretum for some outside fun! We walked on several nature trails – seeing the different elevations throughout the park. We had a scavenger hunt while on the trails - looking for different things in nature. We also looked at bones from different animals, classifying them into meat eaters and plant eaters. We learned how to walk like different animals – bounders, gallopers, diagonal walkers and pacers. We then got to identify different animal tracks that were made. What a great day to spend outside!

Archeology

The fourth graders started their new Archeology Unit by piecing together some clay pots. It was a lot harder than they thought.

3rd Grade Fieldtrip to St. Augustine

We started out on a rainy Wednesday, going to St. Augustine. What a pleasant surprise when we didn't get rained on. We went to the Potter's Wax Museum to look at famous people. We will start our biography reports soon. After that we walked to the Lightner Museum. There we got to look at the architecture of the building, see the exhibits, participate in a scavenger hunt and learn about the different styles of music boxes. How much did it cost to play the Nickelodean?