In conjunction with our discussions of weather, this week we have been talking about the sun and it's importance in our lives. We have talked about the sun as a source of warmth (heat), light, and energy. This morning we talked about things people had eaten for breakfast and traced them all back to the sun. Yesterday everyone made a bracelet with solar beads and witnessed them change in the sun. Today we talked about whether it was the heat or light that made the beads change and how we could test this. Someone suggested putting some beads in hot water to see if it was heat. We did this and observed no change. We then tried putting sunscreen on some of the beads and exposing them to sun. Ask your child what we noticed.

I have a big collection of student work/ art that can go home. It is organized into a pile for each student. I will put these out each morning and you are welcome to take them along with your child's paper mache animal (I'm afraid things will get squashed in backpacks!)