Our in school field trip will be taking place Monday from 9-11! Thank you so much to our volunteers who will be coming in to support. Volunteers, please arrive by 845.
Students in Mrs. Brar's and Ms. Lightfoot's class began the week learning about the different parts of the plant as they are already, experts on what plants need to live. Today our classes continued our exploration of plants - by planting our own lima bean seeds!
Each student received one lima bean seed to observe, make predictions, and generate any of their wonders. This seed will remain in a plastic bag with a wet paper towel so we can watch it germinate and then dissect it!
With the help of Mrs. Brewster, each student packed their cups with soil
and planted another seed!
Ask your child: What did you observe looking at your lima bean? What do you predict will happen or it will look like? What wonders do you have? Where did you put your cup when you finished planting?
We also had the opportunity to watch the osprey from the Calgary Zoo!
Click here to watch the live feed: https://www.enmax.com/community/keeping-up-with-the-ospreys
We researched a bit more and learned that the Osprey's eat fish. This is why they build their nests close the water! We learned that during the winter they migrate to South America. We learned that the osprey's predators are eagles and owls. (source: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Osprey/lifehistory)
Here are some screen shots of what we watched throughout the day. Some of these images are from an osprey in the states who's eggs have already hatched. The Calgary eggs have not hatched yet so we are excited for that to happen!
Mr. Dyck also shared a nest with us that was built in his backyard. He was observing (from a distance) a robin sitting in her nest. Unfortunately, it appeared that the robin did not survive as she did not come back to the nest for many days. We talked about predators and the life cycle and how this is all a part of life. Mr. Dyck brought in the nest for us to take a closer look. In the nest were two eggs which again, unfortunately, will never hatch.
