STEM Time

It's been a long time since we did a STEM activity. Since I forgot to buy alternative colors of glue for our next science lab, I whipped together a STEM project. Today's topic was "how many times can you do this in a minute?" They estimated ahead of time, then timed each other. They loved it. There were a few things they had to do (write their name, jumping jacks, stand/sit in a chair, draw a square) plus one they could choose. A lot chose to run laps. It was a great physical activity too! I need to remember to pull this out again later this year...

Sickness has hit our school. Influenza A, B, and covid. My class has been doing pretty good. We haven't had anyone home sick; it's been concentrated in the younger grades. Except one stayed home today. Another boy was absent in the morning so he could sell steers with his dad. I remember those days... not getting to skip school to do them, but going with Dad on 'farm field trips'.