That zoo field trip was super swag. Our fifth graders were super cool and we got through their 30 animals really quickly. Since noah and I speak german we didn't go by the packet because we gave up very early on because it was nearly impossible to find the animals on the packet. so that would have to be a con but the entire rest of the trip was a pro. we got enough time to go explore by ourselves and we didnt have to stay with them the whole time and the free time was nice. some improvements for next year might be a table of contents in the book and a maybe a bit more organization in the pairing up of the fifth graders and us because that took a while.
The field trip to the zoo was awesome Ms. Green! I had a lot of fun with the fifth graders, they knew a lot more about all the animals then I did. They seemed interested in everything we said, which was cool. The animals at the zoo were cool too. The aquarium was huge there were so many different types of fish. Overall the zoo was great, the 5th graders were chilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll af.
NOAh This quarter we started to look at invertebrates in the ocean. We learned about the different phylums, which would be Porifera, Cnidaria, Platyhelminthes, Annelida, Mollusca, Arthropoda, and Echinodermata, and had to make a book on them. Porifera don't have any classes, but they are sponges. Cnidaria has three classes: Anthozoa (coral reefs, sea fans, sea pens, and sea anemones), Scyphozoa (jellyfish), and Hydrozoa. Platyhelminthes has three classes too: Trematoda (flukes), Cestoda (tapeworms), and Turbellaria (flatworms). Annelida also has three classes: Trematoda (clamworms, sandworms, and tubeworms), Oligochaetes (earthworms), and Hirndinea (leeches). Mollusca has three: bivalvia (clams, scallops, mussels, and oysters), Cephalopoda (octopus, squid, cuttlefish, and nautilus), and Gastropoda (snails and slugs). Arthropoda has Crustacea (crabs, shrimps, crayfish, and lobsters), Merostomata (horseshoe crab), Pycnogonida (sea spider). Echinodermata has four classes: Asteroidea (sea stars), Echinoidea (sea urchins, sand dollars, and heart urchins), Holothuroidea (sea cucumbers), Ophiuroidea (brittle stars). We dissected some cool stuff but Troy was too scared to. We colored a bunch of worksheets and cleaned our fish tanks a lot. Ours is really gross right now since nobody cleaned it over the break and all. It looks like one of our fish is pregnant but it hasn't had babies yet.
#McKenna This quarter kept me really busy! The majority of the work we did this quarter was coloring worksheets and daily pop quizzes. These worksheets were not fun at all and were very time consuming, but I did become really good at coloring fish and other animals.. Now because of these worksheets I will be able to teach younger kids how to color. As i pursue my dream of being a elementary school teacher.
Other than the coloring worksheets that we did we also did a couple dissections. We dissected an earthworm, a clam, a squid, a crayfish and a starfish. The first dissection was the earthworm. It was kinda interesting i guess and the dissection with the least hands on. We sliced the top of it open so that we could see the majority of the insides of the worm. We observed the different parts of the digestive system as well as the anus. The next dissection was the clam. This dissection was disgusting. It was very difficult to open the shell especially since Mckenna decided she would try and ended up squirting juices everywhere. When we finally opened it there wasn't really much to observe except for the foot which was really tough. The third dissection was the squid. This dissection was actually really gross. This was the worst dissection we did this quarter. We cut it open and observed many things such as the ink sack, the intestines, the pin and the eyes. The fourth dissection was the craw fish. I didn't really know what to do for this dissection so Mckenna and I decided to just tear it apart. The final dissection was the starfish but i was absent and I decided not to do it but instead just go on the internet and fill out the worksheet. Lastly we did an invertebrate book. We split up the different Phylums and I was assigned Mollusca and Annelida. Mollusca includes the classes Gastropoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda. Cephalopoda include squids and octopi. Bivalvia includes clams and razor clams. Annelida includes Polychaetes, Oligochaetes and Hirundinea. This project ended up taking a long time. This was because my group were a bunch of slackers.We finished off the quarter by going to the elementary school and reading our books to the 5th graders. Thanks again for another great quarter. Its gonna really suck not doing coloring sheets with you next year. Love ya Ms. Green The third quarter of the 2013-2014 school year has been full of new experiences, information, and knowledge about marine life. We have done many things to acquire this vast knowledge, including 5 seperate dissections, a book about invertebrates, pages upon pages of coloring worksheets, multiple quizzes, more coloring, and also working with the fifth graders and teaching them about invertebrates.
We focused mainly on invertebrates this quarter. The main phylums are porifera (sponges), cnidereans (jellyfish, potruguese man-o-war), mollusca (sea snails, slugs, clams, oysters), platyhelminthes (flatworms), annelida (ringed worms, tapeworm, ringworm), arthropods (crabs, lobsters, crawfish), and echinoderms (starfish, sea stars, brittle stars). It was interesting to learn the variety of species with no vertebrae, i didn't know that there were so many. That's cray cray. Among the other things we did to reinforce this knowledge of invertebrates was a whole bunch of coloring. I became very proficient in coloring in between the lines, and coloring two things the same color. If I ever have to help my 7 year old brother with his homework, I will be aaaaaalllllllllllllllllllll over it. Something that actually did help sink in the material were the dissections. Each one was a different level of complexity, ranging from the simple flatworm to the much more compley crawfish and squid. I liked this way of learning because it was hands on, and very easy to remember the stuff we did. |