by og | Nov 9, 2015 | Teacher Talk
Every other month, Mater Christi parents come into the kindergarten through fourth grade classrooms to teach classes about the natural sciences through the Four Wind’s Nature Program. Students learn about the natural world around them and how to connect with the...
by og | Nov 6, 2015 | Teacher Talk
Each year, 6th grade students experiment with simple machines and the concept of mechanical advantage. After learning about the 6 simple machines and examining the work formula (Work =Force x Distance), we measure the number of students that it takes to tow my full...
by og | Oct 30, 2015 | Teacher Talk
Margaret McNamara has written the perfect book to introduce the pumpkin seed investigation. In How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin, Charlie’s class attempts to answer this very question. Charlie, the smallest child in class, also has the smallest pumpkin. To everyone’s great...
by og | Oct 27, 2015 | Teacher Talk
Discovered by a group of teenagers in 1940, Lascaux is famous for its Paleolithic cave paintings. Prehistoric artists created over 600 paintings depicting human figures, native animals and abstract symbols on the cave’s walls more than 17,000 years ago. The cave...
by og | Sep 22, 2015 | Teacher Talk, Mater Christi Makerspace
Mrs. Rogers Kindergarten students adopted trees on the school campus to watch how the trees change over the course of the school year. They collected leaves and seeds to look at with magnifying glasses, and to do rubbings to add to their books about their tree. It...
by og | Sep 21, 2015 | Teacher Talk
In 1982, the United Nations declared the first official Peace Day, and it was recognized annually on the third Tuesday of September. In 2001, the U.N. assembly declared September 21 as a sanctioned day of peace and non-violence. The goal of Peace Day is to strengthen...
