We finally got to go on our first official field trip! Wahooo!! It was such a fun, little adventure and we can't wait for our next two ice skating sessions. For some of us, it was our very first time on the ice! We were so brave and got out there anyway, despite being nervous about it. There has been lots going on in Science classes lately! We've continued to watch the transformation of our caterpillars into their chrysalis and have been fascinated to notice that even while inside their chrysalis, the "pupa" (what a caterpillar is called while inside its chrysalis) will randomly start shaking and moving about. At first we were nervous that something bad was happening or that the butterflies were about to emerge, but we've now become used to this shaking as a normal behaviour. We watched a great documentary called "The flight of the butterflies" and learned all about monarch butterflies, though the butterflies in our class are actually the "painted lady" variety. Another transformation has taken place this week in Mme Towne's class - baby chicks hatched! We were so excited to get to see them and hold them. And something weird about Science class... Madame just keeps talking about poop. How weird is that?! Yesterday she had us trying to match pictures of poop to the animals that did it. We talked about how being able to identify various animals' poop can keep us safe while we're in the forest. Another fun investigation that has carried over from last week has been looking at the insides of digital cameras. Sadly, we discovered a broken digital camera on our walk to the forest last week... it was probably one of ours, which had been taken off someone's neck and placed on the ground only to be forgotten and destroyed. Madame shed a few tears and talked to us about treating these expensive tools with respect, and then we pivoted and used the opportunity to look at the inner workings of the camera. What are all the different parts? Madame also had an extra digital camera that was given to her that wasn't working properly anymore and wasn't worth trying to fix. She set this one out for us with some screwdrivers and let us purposely take it apart, piece by piece. This was actually more difficult than we expected, but there were a few of us who were very determined and managed to break parts of it open, being careful not to destroy the glass. Extra photos...
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