Dot Day, Ramp Unit, and Skype!

We celebrated International Dot Day on September 15th.   We worked alongside our wonderful librarian, Mrs. Clingan, and participated in some really fun activities!

We painted lots and lots of DOTS!!! 

Our favorite activity was creating light art.   We took a flashlight into a dark room and waved the flashlight in a circle.   Mrs. Clingan set her camera to a very low speed and took a picture.   

For the past two weeks, we have been learning all about ramps.  We went outside and took pictures of real life ramps with our Ipads and created Pic Collages.   We also used blocks to make ramps in our classroom.  We learned about inclined planes and how fast (or slow) objects will roll down it.   We learned that the steepness of the incline plane will affect how fast the ball will roll.  

In the middle of our ramp unit, we also got to Skype with a Pre-K class in Monterrey, Mexico.   We will be working with this class for the school year.   We have so much to learn from each other!

We took our ramps into the hallway.   We tested out different types of objects to see how far they would roll down the ramp.   We learned that the texture of the ball affects how fast it will go down the ramp.  We also learned that the weight of the ball affects the speed.   The students had a lot of fun experimenting with different objects.