We have a bug infestation over at Sunset Heights Elementary!
Luckily, it’s the kind of infestation we want.
Certain 2nd Grade teachers began piloting our new FOSS Science curriculum on Monday, April 8, 2013. This new curriculum is research-based, standards-based and supports the reading program with a strong literacy component. FOSS claims it makes science fun and exciting by having students learn while doing. And from the photos and videos the Curriculum Department has received from the principal and teachers of the school, excitement sure does describe what students are feeling about bugs!
Dawn Scholtens, one of our 2nd Grade teachers, said it was a “good call” on this new science curriculum.
“Kids wanted to know if they could vote to do science all day today,” she said. “[I] even got comments from parents that all their child talked about last night was science.”
Scholtens shared a photo of the “first thing” she saw in her room this morning:
This 2nd Grade student is “reading to her vial of science worms,” Scholtens said. “No wonder I love my job!”
Below are some more photos that Chuck Bonjour, principal of Sunset, sent us yesterday afternoon. These students are working with mealworms:
Colette Bertran, another 2nd Grade teacher, shared these two photos below:
These students are “measuring and recording” their observations of their mealworms.
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