THE STRATTON SOUND

In science this week we completed our study of the rainforest. We took a final observation of the class tree frog and crocodiles. We were amazed at their growth. We are now observing them to see if they will shrink back to their original size. We have continued our observations of the mini rainforests, though some of them are no longer rainforests. They have gotten too big for our containers. Finally, we enjoyed a tasty treat that was rather deceiving. You'll have to ask your child to explain.

During lab this week we surfed the web looking for information about our rainforest animal or plant. You will notice my rainforest research link that did provide some information for the students. We stressed how important it is to take notes from the information. We are trying to write notes that are NOT complete sentences. We have discussed plagiarism and hope this will force us to create our own writing and not use other author's words. Some of us have begun writing our informational reports, which we are completing on Microsoft Word.