Pre-K looks at Ladybugs!

We have been looking at and learning about ladybugs!  We couldn't believe that when the ladybug comes out of it's egg it looks nothing like the parent ladybug. We made the connection that the tadpole is like that too!  It doesn't look like a frog when it's first born!

Some of the ladybugs have spots and some don't!

I saw one fly!

Look how I drew my ladybug!

After observing and drawing the ladybugs, we took them outside to release them.  We learned that they only eat aphids and aphids love to eat plants. That's why ladybugs are so good for gardens!

Look at them go!  They are so excited to be outside!

A ladybug landed on my phone!
We tried to take a picture of it....but we ended up
just taking a picture of us!

Another Fabulous Earth Day Celebration at PS 58!

What a wonderful celebration of Earth Day! We had a gorgeous afternoon to plant seedlings, release ladybugs, and enjoy the music!  In the process, we raised almost $600 to help support the Bronx Zoo's efforts to save the Malayan Tiger and over $300 for our school garden!  Thank you so much for all your help and support!

The PS58 Earth Day Pledge.

The Urban Youth Choir and their beautiful songs!

The always amazing AudraRox!

Getting the garden ready for spring planting.

Such healthy soil.  Look at the huge earthworm to the top left of the flower!

Planting in our garden.

Our ladybug release!

Some weren't so eager to leave!

Earth Day Celebration!

The biggest parachute ever with Earth balls galore!

The conga line!

Thanks again PS 58 for a great day!  Until next year...

2nd Grade Investigates Rolling Spheres!

Oh the things we've rolled!  We have now moved on to rolling spheres in runways!  

We discovered that for the sphere to complete a runway course,
it needs to start from up high and end low.

The spiral!

A triple runway gets tricky!

The marble is hard to contained with it's smooth surface and no edges so we put a cup at the end of the runway for the marble to roll into.

Down and around the corner!

A loop the loop!

Trying to get the spiral just right.

Down the hill, up the hill and back down again!

Creating a new trick!

Awesome!

Look at our Tadpoles Grow!

Over the past few weeks kindergarteners have watched their tadpoles grow and change!  The classes were so surprised that the tadpoles arrived in the mail from Florida!  Once they were placed in their new habitats, the transformations started!

The tadpoles now have little back legs!

We noticed that the tadpole's tail doesn't
stop wiggling and we can actually see 
through the skin!

The tadpoles have front legs!!!

We can see their mouth open and close!

I can see bubbles on the water.

Earth Day Celebration at PS58!

Come celebrate Earth Day at PS58's annual celebration in the big school yard!

Thursday, April 21st from 3:20-4:30!!

Wheels, Cups and Ramps!

2nd grade has been exploring motion!  They have built cardboard ramps to investigate how big and small wheels roll!

We made rollers that wobbled.

Some rollers could go around the corner!

Oh the combinations!

Next we investigated how cups roll...did they roll like the wheel combinations?

 One of the challenges was to "park the car".  The cup rolls off the ramp and then parks underneath the ramp.

 One of the hardest challenges is for the cup to fall of the ramp and land face down (upside down)!

Another challenge is to work together and
have the cups roll straight. 

 

Once the cups could roll straight, we taped a penny in various places on the cups to see how the added weight changed the way it rolled!