3rd - Adaptations (& the Scientific Method)

The third grade a little "buggy' on Wednesday as we investigated how creatures have evolved highly specialized features to get food. Shortly the third graders will begin their "animal reports" and in preparation for that, we considered how insects have a variety of mouth parts to collect food.

Ask you student how a butterfly and a mosquito are similar and different.

We overlayed a fun experiment onto our investigation to review the scientific method in preparation for the up-coming science-o-rama! event in February. I hope all our third graders will take the challenge and do an experiment of their own and report back to the school.

Ask you student what the name for a "thinking guess" is in science.

Weather permitting, we will be outdoors, looking at food chains on the 25th of February.

If anyone would like to lend a hand making popcorn the old fashioned way (pot & oil or airpopper) in preparation for this lab, please let me know.

Science Rocks! (and rolls).