Garden Fun

This year we desided yo help the garden with all 

those unwanted weeds. We may have accidentily 

pulled out some flowers but only the ones that looked like weeds.

then we went to the side of the school and picked up all the leeves.

We were going to help Mrs.Liddles class in the back garden but we had to go inside.

                                        While we were looking for weeds we found a little tree frog
                                                                      in the booshes

                                 But in the end I would say it looks pretty good and mabe next year we can plant 

some flowers instead of pull them

                                                                                                         By Crysta

Baby Rabbit

Here is the bunny.

Hi my name is Avree, and yesterday I found a bunny in a dogs mouth.

So when I found the bunny I took it to my teacher Mrs.Sims

cause she loves animals! And I think she would take good care of the 

bunny, so I told her that a dog was trying to chew on the bunnys foot.

so when the class went to specials Mrs.Sims took a look at it. Mrs.Sims

 said that the stomach was messed up and that the foot was broken

and that he might die so we took care of it for the day we kept 

checking on hm to see if was ok. When it was the end of the day

Mrs.Sims said she would take her home and keep her until she is better.

Today Mrs.Sims told us that the buuny was better and that she let her go 

behind her house.

This is emergency formula to feed baby rabbits.

This is Mrs. Sims letting the rabbit go last night.

Harry Potter comes to life

Our class pet Aragog the tarantula named from Harry Potter:The Chamber of Secerets has come back to class.She is a rose hair tarantula and is the only pet in the class because Mrs.Sims is having a baby.If you shine a black light on her it will seem as if she is glowing pink.she is in our class library and is the only permanant class pet in here but most of Mrs.Sims old pets  pets will be visiting.  

 
                                                                                                                                                   
                         
                                                                                                      SEPT.4,2015
                                                                  By Nathan

Bird feaders

Today we hung up bird feeders on the outside of are window. Where hoping to see a bird or two before the end of the week. We took a five minute break from reading to hang up the bird feeders.  When ever we where filling up the bird feeders we saw a frog we tried to catch it but it went in the ground. One of the bird feeders wasn't working so we didn't hang it up. After that we took a picture of us by the bird feeder. We had to have the janitor fix it so we took it to the janitor she fixed it but we had to wait to hang it up,because it was are lunch time. We took a braek from writing to hang up the other bird feeder. Once it was hung up we took another picture. We had fun hanging up the bird feeders.

BY LOGAN

The Bunny Hop

the bunny hop

i am writing because these bunnys need a nice sweet home we got to play with the 4 bunnys they are so cute.  in all the pics we are playing with the bunnys. mrs.sims rabbit had 4 baby kits she brought them in to show us. we let them hop around after we washed our hands.the bunnys tried to eat the carpet. they all need loving homes please give them loving homes

Kylan, Connor, Mackenzie, and Olivia Pet the bunny!

Kylan, Connor, Mackenzie and Olivia prt the bunny!

there are 3 of the 4 bunnys playing with each other.

there is Dom tryng to pet the bunny.

there is Emma and Archie peting the bunny.
by:lilli

Zoo mobile

                                          zoo mobile!

the Kansas City zoo came to our school and they brought a turtle,turkey,a king snake,and a millipede .And it was so cool and everybody was so excited to see what was in the cage that kept on scquaking. And we had no clue what they brought because he kept on talking about polar bears and penguins and all kinds of other animals.It was interesting for all of us to learn about all of the animals.And it was a interesting opportunity to go to.

Jenny

Water Cycle

Today in science we learned about the water cycle. We learned what the water cycle is and what it does. We also made our own water cycle using a water vapor maker. Everybody got to touch the vapor and learn how it was made.

In the video on top you can see us talking about water vapor.Water vapor is the gas version of water.

In the bottom left we are trying to show how the water cycle works with steam. Steam and vapor are kind of the same, but aren't the same thing. 

Steam is a gas. It is hot and happens when water particles escape from boiling water. When it cools it will condense into water drops again. That's why the top of stove or coffee make sometimes has water drops on it, because steam escaped but got cool again. 

Vapor is a gas that is the same temperate as the air. It is particles of water that have "dissolved" into the air. It can condense again too, like on the side of a glass, because water in the air condenses when it gets cooler. 

In the botton right video we filled the turtle tank with water vapor and left the heat lamp on. We are giving the turtle a steam bath and also when we opened the door we got to feel the humidity.  What we learned from this is that there is water vapor all around us, and when we feel "humid" we are feeling the vapor. Even though most of the time you can't see it. 

-Mackenzie & Jenny

Turtle

Today we got a brand new turtle we haven't named him yet but we will sooner or later and he has an orange strip on his face he's so cute. Landon and kylan helped clean his cage so it was ready for the turtle to move in to his new home.  Landon and kylan are happy that they could help with the turtle.  So am I we get a new member of the family.

                     -Jaedha 

Kylan putting in some fun toys for the turtle.

Kylan Cleaning the cage out.

Landon and kylan cleaning the cage out together.

Landon cleaning the cage out himself.

Landon putting the turtle in his new home to love.

Cindy's clean and happy cage

Today Jaedha cleaned Cindy's cage. Cindy is very happy now. She cleaned all of her yucky

Bowls out and made sure not to burn herself on the hot light. She got to pet Cindy and clean

Her whole cage. She had a lot of fun with Cindy her cage is clean now!

Moth in Action

(Above Photos by Jackson L.)

 

 

Today Mrs.Sims class released a beautiful moth called Polyphemus! Before we released it had to go through a cycle called metamorphasis. The Polyphemus moth spends most of its life as a caterpillar! A cocoon is like a dressing room for the moth, about a month later, it turned into this beautiful moth like we thought it would. First we kept it in a big butterfly inclosure for a day so it would get used to its new body. The next day, (today) we let it go in our school garden with gorgeous flowers. We had a little trouble getting it out of its inclosure, but it finally let Mrs.Sims pick it up, it then fluttered on a flower and looked comfortable. Mrs.Sims class went inside and started learning again.  8) 

 

 

 

(Video & Video Editting by Anna R.)

 

 

 

         

                                                             By:Emma B. 

Polyphemus Moth Hatched!!!

So, today our Polyphemus moth hatched! It is gigantic! Mrs.Sims walked in to class and saw that it hatched, so she called David over and because they only live for 2 to 4 days, they decided to let it go. They brought it outside and it sat limp on Mrs.Sims hand. They thought it was dead, but they decided to keep it so the class could see. But when Mrs.Sims came in this morning, it was fluttering around in the cage! And we noticed eggs in the cage! We are going to let it go today if the weather clears up.

When Mrs.Sims came in this morning

Look at those eyespots! 

It's new cage

The eggs

Antenna of males and females

By Jackson      >*^,^,^~~~

Luna Moth

Today Mrs.Sims brought a luna moth (it might be a Polyphemus moth) cocoon in to class. She found it in her garden. Luna moths are large moths that spend most of their lives as caterpillars, as they only live for about 20 hours and can't eat. They grow to be about 4.5 inches, making them one of the largest moths in North America. The caterpillars eat  a variety of trees, including walnut, hickory, sweet gum, etc. Find more info at Luna moth - Department of Entomology - Texas A&M University

Polyphemus moth

Find more information at polyphemus moth

The other day I got to hold the class pet Victoria the lizard I got to hold her because I paid 50 tickets.

I was nervous  so was the lizard.

She was very cold so we gave her a blanket.

By:Jayden j.

Kissing the Frog

Last Friday we had an assembly for pennies for patients. Our school raised $2,827.75!!!!! 5 teachers had to kid our frog, Prince speckles.

Our beautiful princesses!!!

 

POP!!! Did he turn into a prince???

Are you scared!?!?! Mrs. Pennington freaked out and tried to get away but couldn't.

The little kids thought it was the coolest thing. They were screaming and laughing! They loved it!!!

GORGEOUS!!!!