A Visit to the Burlington Community Garden

This morning we took a walk out to the Burlington Community Garden.  For those of you who don't know about it, it is located in the back left corner of the field at Francis Wyman.  Master Gardner Mr. Cappola talked to us about the Community Garden.  Each student got to plant a bean seed in the school garden.  During our visit we also got to walk around the community garden to see what has already been planted.  Did you know that there is a large section where people plant and take care of vegetable for the Burlington Food Pantry?

                                     

Feel free to bring your child by during the summer to check out the progress our beans are making!

Learning to Measure

This past week we started learning about measurement in math.  We learned about why standard measuring units are important.  Our measurement included inches, feet, and yards.  On Friday we began learning about metric measurement.

Friction

Today Mr. Musselman came to 213 to teach us about friction.  Our class did some wondering, predicting, and investigating to see what types of materials were affected by friction and cause heat.  Mr. Musselman used an infrared camera to help us test the materials.

Franklin Park Zoo Field Trip

We had a great field trip to the Franklin Park Zoo.

                

Theodore compares his head to a gorillas'