March Navigator Awards

Congratulations to these two Navigator Award Winners for Acting Safely and Showing Respect!

 

Congratulations to our class for earning the Golden Plate Award for their behavior in the lunchroom. You ROCK Room 206!

We're Going to the Zoo, Zoo, Zoo... How about You, You, You

Waiting for the bus with great anticipation!

In the theater awaiting the Tropical vs Temperate Rainforest presentation.

Tropical rainforest floor with its leaf litter and crawling creatures.

There she is volunteering to be our temperate rainforest floor.

Leaf litter and small creatures like a bunny and its predator the fox and there is a banana slug in there somewhere, too!

The next layer of the rain forest is the understory. Here we see bromeliads, ferns, and animals such as the monkey.  

In the temperate rainforest, there is an understory layer, as well. Home to plants like the ferns, and animals.

The rainforest canopy is the next layer - home to vines, lianas, sloths among other creatures.

The temperate rainforest has an understory layer, too. Here is where one can find raccoons and bald eagles.

The final layer of the tropical rainforest is the emergent layer where the birds, such as toucans and macaws live. Note the big buttress roots of the tropical rainforest trees. These roots have to grow in such a way because the tropical rainforest floor is very thin due to the large amounts of rain that fall. The soil just washes away with the heavy rainfall.

Our field guide, Kate, tells us about the day.

We are looking at the various layers of the rainforest on our walking tour.

Animals who have pelts, like a fox, have a summer layer that is thinner than the thick winter layer. We got to feel both.

Kate gives us a demonstration of an owl feather's design. An owl hunts at night because owls are nocturnal. The owl has a silent flight in order to sneak up on its prey. We got to hear the quiet of an owl's feather versus an eagle's feather.

The two different feather features.

The jaguar!

My camera steamed up when we entered the tropical rainforest exhibit.

A big THANK YOU to the chaperones who came with us. These volunteers make it possible for us to be able to take field trips!

Twins Day!

Miss Yokobe and Mrs. Standlee are twins!

Room 206 Female Twins!

Room 206 Male Twins!

We sure enjoy our Spirit Days here at Emerald Park!

Baby Easton

Here he is.

Easton Jacob Standlee

4/17/15

7 lbs 5 oz

20.5 inches

3:10 PM

All family members are happy and healthy!

This is what grandmas do. They share pictures of their grandchildren! :)

Room 206 Has Talent!

Mr. Ficken introducing the 2015 Talent Show!

Room 206 Female Dancer!

Room 206 Male Dancer!

Room 206 Pianist!

The talent of Room 206...

in all their glory! We are proud of you!

Welcome to Our Newest Navigator

Watering and Measuring

We needed to water our babies because we know they need the following elements to survive and thrive: water, space, oxygen, sunlight and nutrients.

Most of the time, Mother Nature provides the water with the rain. Sometimes, Mother Nature provides many days of sunshine without rain, so we have to provide the water.

 

Mother Nature provides sunshine every single day. The plants use the sunshine to create their own food. Additionally, the roots pull nutrients from the soil.

Here is the "before" shot. We will provide an "after" shot in a few weeks before we take the babies home to nurture and observe - like the real scientists we are.

The power of observation is one of a scientists best characteristics and job requirements.

Another job we must perform as scientists is measuring growth.

We worked in partners to get this job done well.

Here is our class plant. It is 40 cm tall at the start. Let's watch it grow and thrive.