4th Oceanography Mural and completed Fish

Students finally finished their paper mache fish and started painting their mural of the same fish that they have become an expert on throughout the year.  Turned out pretty good, I think :)

3rd grade: Auburn University Engineering Department

What an adventure 3rd graders had at Auburn University Engineering Department!  Check out what we were able to do:

Making OOBLECK  (Exploring Solid and liquid properties)

Making planes (exploring flying properties)

Building out of marshmallows and spaghetti sticks (exploring structures)

Top of the Haley Center (Eagles Nest) Great view of the campus!

4th Grade Visits Coosa River 4H Camp

For 3 exciting days our 4th graders experienced Coosa adventures. We were able to canoe, rock climb, learn GPS mapping skills, and even dissect fish!!  Here's a few pictures of our trip:

4th Grade C.C.A.T.S. Group

Room mates in their dorm :)

G.P.S. Class

Cafeteria Time :)  Everyday we collected our food waste from our meal and weighed it.  We learned about how important it is to not waste food and only take what you will eat.  On day one we had 6 lbs. pounds of waste, but by the last meal we were down to a half a pound.  Great lesson!

Students act out the Life of a Tree

The Animal Food Chain/Pyramid

Food Web Interaction

Tree Rings have air between them, see our bubbles?!?

The students learned about and were able touch different kinds of animals, such as turtles, snakes, and lizards. Oh MY!

These girls are not afraid of snakes.



We learned a lot about birds in this raptor class.




We are ready to Canoe!!! So fun :)

The proper way to hold a paddle.  We look so professional!

Rock Climbing Rocked!!!

 Lake Living Class:

We took what we found in the lake to the lab to identify it:

FISH DISECTION

A fish EYEBALL!! 

Gone Fishin'  

Students learn how to bait, and be patient (which is a hard skill for some :)

Learning how to bait and other important fishing skills.

A fish was caught!   The staff kept it and fed it to the eagle that they had on sight :)

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We learned a ton, had some fun, and got to try new things....It was hard to get the students to leave!  They will remember this trip forever!