Good Evening,
I hope you all had a great weekend and St. Patrick's Day. We have started our states of matter unit today. We will be focusing on solids, liquids, and some design tech concepts throughout this unit. I have decided to rewrite the Project Lead the Way unit and gear our focus toward the sugaring process. Today we had a discussion about what matter was, and the states it can exist in. We also watched a quick Youtube video to gain a basic understanding (For reference, when I asked is anyone knew what the 3 states were, the only answers I got were Florida and Vermont).
We are scheduled to go to a sugarhouse next Monday to see a traditional wood fired operation. We will be visiting the Living Tree Alliance farm where Stacey Oshkello and Tim Crowley will teach us about the process and students will see how sap can be transformed into a solid. They will also learn how the process for making maple syrup. We will be taking a bus but adults are welcomed to attend, just let me know if you would like to join. We will leave at 9:50 and return by 1:30. NOTE: If the weather doesn't allow for a sap run, we will postpone until the end of next week.
The farm usually charges $6 a student. They were kind enough to waive the fee this year. However, if anyone would like to make a donation to the farm, checks can be made out to Living Tree Alliance. Please send those into me before Friday of this week.
IMPORTANT: IN your child's homework bag is a form regarding lunch for Monday. If your child would like school to provide a bagged lunch, you must fill out the form with their choice and send it back to me by this Thursday. Please understand that Cheryl makes these off site and there will not be extras available.
That is all for now. Have a great week.
Peace,
Tommy
