The fourth graders have been studying Natural Disasters for their project during the spring. During one of the activities, students designed and created their own ready kits to help prepare them for a natural disaster that they may encounter with their families. Students did a wonderful job creating these kits!
Another activity that students created were tornadoes in a bottle. Students had a great time creating these and learning more about the natural disasters that we have in our area.
The 4th Grade Boys remained undefeated during the season. They defeated St. Michael in their 1st game of the tournament. The wildcats ended up defeating Menominee to win the tournament. Great Job Wildcats!
The fourth grade enjoyed the volunteers from Tri Kappa Sorority. These volunteers came and discussed the travel from the east coast to Indiana in 1816. Students were able to help pack miniature covered wagons. They had to choose which items would be most important for the trip, since space is limited in the covered wagon.
The fourth grade was excited to have the Marshall County Soil and Conservation District come and present about the types of soil found in Marshall County. Students had the chance to pretend they were scientists while putting their hands in bags to guess the material inside. The children saw a demonstration of the different types of soil using several sizes of M + M's which they sampled later.
Mrs. Ludwig's “farming expert” group for PBL had an actual farmer come in to the classroom to talk about farming. Mr. Jack Awald is a local farmer who came in and told us many different things about agriculture! He even grows potatoes for Lays Potato Chip Factory! We learned about many different types of farming equipment and just how important technology really is!
Mrs. Linda Rippy came in Monday and spoke with our fourth graders. She discussed life in Indiana in the early 1800's. She informed the kids about the need for a kid friendly brochure that would help convince settlers to move to Indiana during the 1800's. Mrs. Rippy used maps and a lot of brainstorming to get the classes thinking about what natural resources we had available in Indiana during that time.
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