Science Extraveganza!

We have started our first Science unit:  Air and Weather.  This week we spent time exploring air!

Here are a few things we learned:

Air is a form of matter.  It is invisible and takes up space.  Air interacts with objects and is all around objects.  Air can be compressed and compressed air can move things.  

Today we looked at air and water!  We used vials, a tub of water and paper towel for the experiment.  We tried to keep the paper towel dry while submerging the vial in water!  Ask your child how he/she was able to do it.

We experimented with compressed air and learned about air pressure.  It was a super fun experiment!

Author/Illustrator Event!

Thursday was a big day!  We were lucky enough to have Julie Fogliano and Christian Robinson visit our school.  Julie wrote When's my Birthday? and Christian made the pictures for it.  

All ready to listen to the presentation!

Julie shared with us how she researches her topics by "spying" or watching them over time.  She creates lists of what she sees so that she can include that information in her books. 

Christian shared with us how he gets ideas for his illustrations by looking at other books and the world around him.  He also told us that he makes a lot of mistakes before he gets the illustrations just the way he wants them.  He talked about his process and the various tools and materials he uses.  

He called on kids to suggest an animal and then he drew it for us!  He was amazing!  

At the very end, as we were leaving, he drew a picture of a Bengal Tiger for us!  It was so cool!