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Farewell Mrs. Dixon!
The most important thing that happened today was our surprise mission, our Farewell party for Mrs. Dixon! The students organized and...
Mrs. Motsinger
May 8, 20191 min read
Grow Transplanted
We were busy today. In Science we transplanted any successful plants to the raised beds in the outdoor learning space with help of some...
Mrs. Motsinger
May 7, 20191 min read
Fabulous Friday
We continued finding the volume of different things and practiced more on Freckle. No homework. Science time was spent outside...
Mrs. Motsinger
May 3, 20191 min read
Life on Mars these days...
Our days are so productive lately. We returned to Core rotations today. In Math, students figured out polyhedron formulas to determine...
Mrs. Motsinger
May 2, 20191 min read
Forward Progress
Such great work was accomplished today! We began the day with colony vocabulary. Each colony is responsible for submitting 25 words...
Mrs. Motsinger
May 1, 20191 min read
Tuesday 4/30
Hab building day! Our colonists worked on the blueprints and made pivots as needed. Commander Motsinger taught everyone how to do peer...
larablair1
Apr 30, 20191 min read
Creating good HAB(its)
Today we had a regular ol' building day! Students used their knowledge of nets to build their hab prototypes with NASA approved...
Mrs. Stalheim
Apr 29, 20191 min read
Vroom Vroom!
We had so much fun today. Our focus: rovers and nonverbal communication. Yesterday in Science we were introduced to SAM Lab kits that...
Mrs. Motsinger
Apr 25, 20192 min read
There's a starman waiting in the sky
Science: We started Mission: Breathe today! It was fun learning about Mars' atmosphere and how it affects humans. There is NO HOMEWORK...
Mrs. Stalheim
Apr 22, 20191 min read
Phew! It's Friday
It's been a long week. We've done so much! It'll be good to rest a bit this weekend. But first, let's review what was up today. The...
Mrs. Motsinger
Apr 19, 20191 min read
Thursday, 4/18
Science: We did Mars resource utilization research. Tonight our colonists can do more research tonight, but the mission work will be...
larablair1
Apr 18, 20191 min read
Charge those Chromebooks
Thank you for checking with your kid to make sure the Chromebooks are plugged in every night and coming to school fully charged. We are...
Mrs. Motsinger
Apr 17, 20191 min read
Grow is a Go!
This morning we were back in our rotations with lots of work to get done! Science: GROW IS A GO! Kids started their Grow Missions today!...
Mrs. Stalheim
Apr 16, 20191 min read
Why does Aquaman control whales?
Ask your student about today's blog title (if they were able to get through chapter 6 during reading time today). We read chapter 5 and...
Mrs. Motsinger
Apr 15, 20191 min read
Let it Grow!
Today we began another science mission: GROW! Thanks to families that have brought in pots and soil and fertilizers. We are going to be...
Mrs. Motsinger
Apr 12, 20191 min read
Late Start Landing
With only a few successful launches on Monday, and a few days in space, some of our colonists finally landed on Mars. We had an...
Mrs. Stalheim
Apr 11, 20191 min read
The Martian Chronicles (Odyssey edition)
Another busy day for our 6th grade colonists. Groups made decisions about where exactly to put down on Mars and set up their colonies. ...
Mrs. Motsinger
Apr 10, 20191 min read
Tuesday Space Walk
Science: Our astronauts did research about where to establish their colonies on Mars. They are not to do the CER tonight. There is more...
larablair1
Apr 9, 20191 min read
This is ground control to Major Tom...
Well we launched our next project! LITERALLY! We are going to be learning all about life on mars <insert all the Bowie songs about space>...
Mrs. Stalheim
Apr 8, 20191 min read
Thank you so much!
We so appreciate all of you who were able to make it to our Science Fair and Poetry Slam this morning. If you were unable to make it, we...
Mrs. Motsinger
Mar 29, 20191 min read
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