Weekly Update

I'd like to thank all of you for stepping up and helping to make our fieldwork to the Museum of Natural History a huge success! The students did a fabulous job at finding exemplars to help them with their own museum display creations. Many "aha" moments were had!

We're now in the process of synthesizing all of the expedition information we have acquired. It's hard work, but boy oh boy is it fun! Students are sculpting, painting, sketching, illustrating, building, and writing all of their knowledge in hopes of creating a celebration the likes you'll never forget! As a reminder, our final celebration of learning for the school year is slated for the evening of Wednesday, May 16th. I will pass on more details as the date draws nearer.

We need help making all of our big plans come to fruition. If you'd like to help out, we are in need of the following donations:

• paint (Tempera or craft paint of any color)
• wood (2x4's, plywood, and help cutting it)
• fake plants (shrubs, plants, trees, vines, cacti, etc)
• fake landscaping rocks
• outdoor misters
• outdoor archway
• astro turf
• sand paper
• chicken wire
• plaster
• small hand-held fans
• foam of many sizes and shapes (color does not matter)
• sand
• large old t-shirts (to keep our school clothes nice and clean)
• help in the classroom (wood cutting, painting or just coming in to help)

We are so excited (I bet you can't tell!) and can't wait to share all of this wonderful creating with our families!