Creative Kites

The Making of a Worm Compost

Catching up on some posts!

Ms. Sion helped the children make some worm composts. The weather was still chilly at the time, but this was the kind of work that needed to happen outdoors.

 

Shredded paper was added to the bins. The paper will help to keep the moisture for the worms.

Compost from the digesters was added to the paper shreds. Also, natural materials needed to be put in.

Everyone worked together.

The natural materials will decompose. That will make a perfect home for compost worms!

Water was the final ingredient. Not too much, not too little.

A perfect home for compost worms!

The worm compost bins are for teachers in other schools. They will be so excited!

Naming The Chicks!

Many children had drawn pictures of the new chicks and wrote names for the chicks they had drawn.

Sooo...you can guess what the next morning's sign in would be!

Children signed their names in the columns of their favourite new chick names.

Jacob and Nancie worked together to count the total number of votes in each of the columns.

The 2 JK friends then wrote the number in each column.

There was a discussion about the survey for the new chicks names.

 

Which column had the most number of votes?

Which column had the least number of votes?

Which column had the same or equal number of votes?

How many more votes did the name 'Spokrs' (Sparkles) get than 'Cala'?
How man less votes did the name 'Tie' get vs. the name 'Tiny'?

After all that fun math talk...
let us introduce you to our new chicks!

Water Filtration Desconstruction

So...what happens when a water filtration system is taken apart and examined?

 We get to sort out all of the rocks and stones...

then we see what's left behind!

   

The first drawer that filtered the dirty water gathered from outside puddles had the most dirt, trash and large items. It was the drawer filled with big rocks.

 

The second drawer that filtered the water that had traveled through the drawer with rocks had some dirt on the top and under the mesh. It was the drawer filled with stones.

 

The third drawer that filtered the water that had traveled through the drawer with rocks, then the drawer with stones had a fine layer of very soft mud on top. 

It was the drawer filled with sand.

Conclusion: Water filtration systems filter out dirt and clean the water!

The great outdoors