The Parrots and the Sea Hawks are working on an exciting life cycle project! After learning about a variety of life cycles of plants and animals, these classes are planting basil plants to share with senior citizens at the Stanley Isaacs Center across the street. The students are comparing the human life cycle with those of other living things and learning about their place in their community at the same time.
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Gillen Brewer's older students are learning about climate change. The Dragons and the Dimorphodons are exploring the causes and effects of global warming through books, graphs, and online resources, while the Starlings are learning about weather and pollution. There are lots of great online resources on this topic. The New York Times has done some great high-impact, photo-heavy stories recently, such as Greenland is Melting Away or The Marshall Islands are Disappearing. The students have enjoyed analyzing these stories, as well as the NYC Flood Zone Map to learn more about how their world is changing.
Gabby visited Gillen Brewer's classrooms this month with animals from ocean habitats. The students got to handle hermit crabs, observe a sand crab, and even see a real sea star move around its enclosure. We learned about how these animals move, eat, and live in their ocean habitats.
There are some great online resources for ocean animal photography, such as National Geographic: http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/ocean-life/. The butterflies explored bugs in the classroom! Although they appear to be worms, these animals are actually Darkling beetles in their larva stage. There are over 20,000 types of darklings. These creepy crawly creatures are actually quite active. We observed them eating, wiggling, curling up and crawling. We also shared plates with classmates to observe the larva together. |
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