Thursday, February 27, 2014

Snow & Ice Exploration

In January we read a few penguin books; Tacky the Penguin was the class favourite but they also really liked the non-fiction books we read.  Last week I found these amazing penguins at Value Village.  Luckily we have had some snow and I turned it into a small world play bin.  The bin has gems, ice cubes, snow and the penguins.



 
The students have played with the bin all week.  During that time they have been learning about the properties of ice and snow.  They have also had the opportunity to create penguin habitats in the bin.  The gems became penguin eggs and several of them hatched!!!
Most importantly the bin provides time for the children to discuss their learning and work together on a project.

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