This week's At-Home Project: Make Dinosaur Eggs!

Dino Toy in the Mud Egg.

Several views of Dino Egg Project.

At-Home Project for March 31^st – April 4^th

Make Dinosaur Eggs

*Inspired from an idea found on Pinterest, posted by Jen Goode.

   Materials Needed:                How to Make Dinosaur Eggs:

   *Dirt    (1 – 1½ cups)           *Mix together dirt, flour, salt and sand.

   *Flour  (1 – 1½ cups)           *Slowly stir in water to create a  

   *Salt   (¾ cup)                        doughy, clay-like texture.    

   *Sand  (½ cup)                     *Mold the dough around one of the    

   *Water                                    plastic dinosaurs.

   *Plastic Dinosaurs                 *Let the eggs dry thoroughly. 

                                                 (This may take a few days).

When hard and dry, let your little Paleontologist try and “unearth” their dinosaurs!!  Use paintbrushes, toothbrushes, or any other delicate tool that a real paleontologist might use to protect the specimens.

Send in the pics so we can post them on our class blog!

Here Adam is creating the dinosaur egg fossil.

Now Adam is using his Paleontology skills to carefully unearth his dinosaur.

Check out Adam's dinosaur skeleton.  Great job, Professor White!!

Next Week's At-Home Project: Make an Underwater Viewer

Let your child explore and investigate underwater life, just like a Marine Biologist. Nearly all kids love the water and the beach, and this craft allows them think about marine life and imagine how organisms interact with their environment. She'll get to bring the beach into her own home while honing her observational skills.

Underwater Viewer Project

Adrian's Collage of pics making
and using his Underwater Viewer.

Adam making his
Underwater Viewer.

Adam exploring with
his Underwater Viewer.

This week's At-Home Project: Plate Bugs

This week we are starting a new unit on Amazing Animals.  Our first focus is on bugs, and more specifically Beetles.  We will be reading about Beetles in class, learning how to tell if a bug is a beetle, and how to sort and classify pictures of various beetles, bugs, and other animals.

This week I will be providing each student with a paper plate.  Their task is to transform that paper plate into a bug of their own creation.  Color the plate, Paint the Plate, Cut, Glue, Glitter, Bend, etc. the plate to make it look like the beetle or bug of your choosing.  We will share the plates on Friday, then hang them up in the classroom until we leave for Spring Break.  Feel free to use these images as a guide to start your creativity!
-Mr. Linnet

Check out Daniel's Bee!

Ana's Beautiful Ladybug!

Andreya's Scary Spider.
Check out all those eyes!

Jimmiel made an awesome Ladybug.
He actually painted both sides!

Here is Keira's Butterfly!

Tino's spooky spider.
It has big, fuzzy legs.

Kevin's Ladybug.

Manav's Butterfly.
Love the swirl of colors!!

Vincy's Spider.

Peyton's Long-Legged Spider.

Vincent's Happy Spider.

Adrian's Awesome Dragonfly.
He likes rainbows!

Isabel was very proud of
her butterfly.

Jazmyn put a lot of special
affects on her butterfly.

Adam's Bright Bumblebee.
(He used a highlighter!)

Robby's Giant Spider.

Sa'Niyah's Black Spider.

Luis created this beautiful
Monarch Butterfly.

Matthew's Amazing Ladybug!

Olivia's enchanted butterfly.
I love the spoon body!

Shariq had so much fun, he made two!
This is his one-eyed Butterfly.

Shariq's busy little ant.
3 body parts and 6 legs!

Brian's finished project:  a Bee.

Brian working on his project.