Thursday, April 17, 2014

Team Lunch

We had a nice team lunch today. It is always a treat to have everyone sit together at our 'Harry Potter' table.

Monday, April 14, 2014

Derek Burkins(Riley's Dad)- A song writing visit.

Today, Derek Burkins (Riley's Dad) visited Team Couloir to inspire our writer's and poet's with his writing process. He began with a song and followed with a lesson on word choice. He gave all of the students a copy of his CD titled 'Ten Years and 29 Days'. Thank you Derek for sharing your music world with us!


Sunday, April 13, 2014

Oobleck, bubbles and more!

This past Friday students had the opportunity to play with Oobleck and analyze 'what phase it was in', build 3D shapes from clay and toothpicks(dipping in soap to top it off) in an exploration of volume, and finally to appreciate Spring  in a watercolor painting of their natural surroundings. Students were very engaged and enthusiastic about each of these stations.













Saturday, April 5, 2014

Anita de Waard(Iris's mom) presents...

On Friday, Iris's mom, Anita de Waard, inspired the scientist in all of us! Anita helped students to connect our current study of matter to our previous study of forces and motion with demonstrations involving 'liquid nitrogen'. Best of all, she ignited curiosity in Team Couloir students.Thank you Anita.