Today we did the 2nd Great Lesson. We explored how the first life came to Earth. After our powerpoint, the children looked at specimens to explore the difference between vertebrates and invertebrates, made fossils with playdough, sequenced pictures of lifeforms and explored our Montessori timelines.
Google Maps is FUN!!!
This morning we explored google maps. We started zoomed out as far as we could to look at the satellite pictures of earth. Slowly zooming in, we looked for landforms and landmarks we could see. -First we saw oceans, rivers, islands, lakes
-Next we noticed provincial borders, towns and roads
-Then we spied farmers' fields, buildings and bridges
-Then we zoomed right into our school and found the playground, discovery gardens and the compound
What natural landmark is just north west of our school that you can see in this picture? You can see it from many places in the city.
We sorted our discoveries into natural and man-made features
It was super fun looking at downtown and changing our view so we could see how tall the buildings are. We had some interesting discussions about how our city has changed. Natalie told us that the Calgary Tower was no longer the tallest building..... how else has it changed?
Then I zoomed in on this location. I told the students that this was a VERY important place in Calgary's story. The kids even learned a fancy (adult word) for two rivers joining. We will be exploring the story of Calgary. Just like we are looking at our classmates timelines on their birthdays, Calgary also has a timeline of its own.
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