OUTDOOR CLASSROOM SURVEY:
The final presentation of our Outdoor Classroom model was a success! The presentation was well attended and the feedback on our awesome model was super positive! The students also did a very nice job on there Outdoor Classroom Slideshow. Below are pics of our final model and the kids working on it. There is also a link to our slideshow. Enjoy and thank you for your support!
SLIDESHOW LINK:
https://docs.google.com/a/cpsk12.org/presentation/d/1TDODXeHpxNfXy73OfVOh6tYqXyftTNjhPsH2VWmy-3s/edit?usp=sharing
OUTDOOR CLASSROOM SURVEY
The final presentation of our Outdoor Classroom model was a success! The presentation was well attended and the feedback on our awesome model was super positive! The students also did a very nice job on there Outdoor Classroom Slideshow. Below are pics of our final model and the kids working on it. There is also a link to our slideshow. Enjoy and thank you for your support!
SLIDESHOW LINK:
https://docs.google.com/a/cpsk12.org/presentation/d/1TDODXeHpxNfXy73OfVOh6tYqXyftTNjhPsH2VWmy-3s/edit?usp=sharing
OUTDOOR CLASSROOM SURVEY
Pictures below are great ideas from the Outdoor Classrooms we visited at Benton and Rock Bridge Elementary.
We have completed our indoor and outdoor lessons with the 3rd grade classes. We now have tons of data to pour over for our experiment! Great job scientists for organizing this learning experience.
Yesterday, we taught our indoor and outdoor lessons to Ms. Jacoby's class. Thanks 3rd grade for helping with our Outdoor Classroom experiment!
At Benton Elementary we toured their Outdoor Classrooms and STEM lab to get ideas for our own Outdoor Classroom project! Thanks Benton Bee Garden Club!
At Lions Stephens Park we played an Ecosystem game and gained ideas for Outdoor Classrooms.
5th graders are learning about the suns heat transfer to water and soil WHILE practicing and engaging game for their 3rd grade lesson. We will be teaching indoor and outdoor weather instrument lessons to 3rd graders next week! We learned that water takes longer to heat up and cool down AND how hard/fun it is to plan a lesson!
Overly Overdue Update:
Can you guess what this is?
Its the geometric shape of the Grant School grounds!!!
Why, you ask? 5th graders chose to study "Does outdoor education affect learners' knowledge and attitude?" We are researching outdoor education in research journals, from surveys of students, by visiting outdoor classrooms, and interviewing important experts. 5th graders are presenting indoor and outdoor lessons to younger grade levels and will be collecting data from these younger learners. Our work, complete with findings and recommendations, will be presented at the May PTA meeting and will include a possible revision of our own school's outdoor education areas. Students will be creating a model of an outdoor classroom design on Grant School grounds, complete with buildings and decorations on a 3D layout. This work will guide a lot of our math, reading, writing, and science throughout the rest of the year.
Below are some more examples of Grant Ground Geometry. Enjoy!
The inspirations are in! Each 5th grader has shared their ideas about our community project. Click on the link below to see our whole 5th grade inspiration in various forms. Next step, we will discuss to decide on a project reflecting our ideas.
COMMUNITY PROJECT WORDLE INSPIRATIONS
OCT 16 CCUA URBAN FARM
Our time at CCUA was very productive and full of learning. Students rotated through 4 stations. Learning was centered around the benefits of biodiveristy in ecosystems, the reduced footprint of local food resources, and students also went grocery shopping for calorie dense foods on a budget. During our last station, students made their scientific observations. I am excited to see how this inspiring field experiencer might shape our community project for this year.
OCT 2 PEACE PARK
We had a very successful learning experience in Peace Park today. Besides collecting science observations, students also read an article about the Kent State Massacre memorial in the park, responded to a writing prompt, and answered math questions corresponding to a timeline of American historical protests (Boston Massacre, March on Washington etc). Many students had a chance to practice environmental art in the park, turning local natural resources into a capital resource. Great job, kids. Beautiful day.
SEPTEMBER 24 GOVERNMENT WALK
Today we strolled down Walnut to view the government campuses at the federal, state, and local level. We stopped at the post office, police station, Boone County Court House, fire station and Columbia Transit station. At the court house, we viewed the memorial and used the amphitheater to discuss the connected systems of government, business, and households.
SEPTEMBER 22 FLAT BRANCH PARK/MKT TRAIL
During this experience, scientists practiced observation challenges such as using a guide book, reading a trail sign, sketching birds, and drawing a map. We stopped at certain spots to discuss watersheds, rain gardens, water quality, tree and more!
SEPTEMBER 21 LUCKY'S
At Lucky's we toured the store with a focus on the Crates to Plates program with the CCUA to help the hungry in our community, local foods, organic vs. GMO/nonorganic, and recycling/composting. Of course, we finished with a snack ourselves. Thanks Lucky's!
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| Crates to Plates |
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| Find the Caterpillar! |
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| Classroom for this morning! |
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| Ezra found a decimal! |
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| They recycly and compost back here. |
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| Only 24.4 miles away! |
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| Any leftovers in this beautiful display will be composted. |
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| Yumm! Gigantor apples and genius kids! |
SEPTEMBER 11, ARTS IN COLUMBIA
On this trip, we observed art projects around the city on our walk to North Village Arts District. We stopped by The Bridge, Artlandish, and had a tour at Orr St. Studios. Throughout the walk, we discussed the purpose of various art pieces. Back at school, we ended the day discussing art within memorials such as the 9/11 memorial in NYC and our own Peace Park design on UMC campus.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 DBRL LIBRARY
Our neighbors across the street gave us a tour of the library facility. We identified many resources and learned how to check out books, on site and digitally using Overdrive on our iPads.
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| Beautiful view from the reading room! |
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| A natural resource tragically turned into a capital resource to educate others. |
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| Clay mural by past Grant School All-Stars! |
We learned a bit about Columbia city government from City Manager Mike Matthes. Also, we brainstormed sustainability ideas for our islands with Barbara Buffaloe, our city sustainability director.
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| Resources in City Hall: bamboo, crushed glass, recycled fiber chairs and carpet etc... |
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| This found art robot was an inspiration to last year's class. |
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| We are the Key to the Future!!! |
Our scientists and historians did an amazing job during our first walking field experience. We braved the heat and humidity and walked to UMC campus for a presentation in the Rare Books section. Along the way, we made may observations of various natural, human, and capital resources. Enjoy pics below of some of the amazing artifacts we saw.
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| A clay receipt from Iraq, about 4000 years ago! |
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| Papryus paper like paper used in Egypt. |
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| Latin grammar book written on animal skin parchment. |
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| Scroll written in Hebrew. |
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| We saw many replicas of ancient maps. This more recent map depicts Columbia in 1917. |
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| Notice Grant School, the oldest school building in our city! |
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| We also saw botany books from hundreds of years ago, printed with type, and stamped images hand painted. |
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| This mandrake illustration inspired an element of a Harry Potter book. |
AUGUST 31, 2015
We collected data on leaf length of a variety of trees at Stewart Park. We will share our data soon. The kids did a wonderful job being outdoor learners on a beautiful day.
AUGUST 28, 2015
These are images of students best observations so far. Some of these prompted our first experiment on trees. Nice job, scientists!
AUGUST 21, 2015
Today, scientists took to the filed to practice their observations. We were limited by time but so anxious to get out to Stewart Park. You can see some scientists below. Each student had challenges such as make an observation with a comparison, measure an organism with a metric ruler, sketch an observation, etc...
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| Triston observed a cicada and noticed part of the wings were a shiny blue. |
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| Luc and Maggie observed beneath the willow tree. Luc compared a rotten willow leaf to a rotten banana. Maggie observed a lot of jumping bugs. |
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| Ashlyn observed a cricket under a tree and described the organism with a magnifier. She observed 3 pairs of legs. |
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| Westley observed by a creek. He described his leaf and did a leaf rub to add to his book. He measured the leaf as 18 cm long and 9 cm wide. |
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| Ezra measured a dead limb from a large tree. The branch was 115 cm tall. He also observed the shell of an insect. |
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| Kayshan against advice stuck a stick in a hole. The stick went 28 cm down the hole. |
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