The end of another unit!

We finished our fall unit today!  Over the past 5 weeks, we've learned all about fall, deciduous trees, pumpkins, and spiders.  Here's some of the things we learned:

Parker - Spiders are helpful.
Kiah - Some spiders are hairy.
Royce - Spiders spin webs.
Zanae - Spiders have 8 eyes.
Jaya - Spiders are not insects.
Abigayle - Spiders are not insects and they have a cephlothorax.
Lucca - Pumpkins have fibrous strands and spiders have spinnerets.
Zachary - Spiders are helpful.
Austin - Spiders have 8 eyes.
Mihir - Spiders have pedipalps.
Gursimrat - Pumpkins are orange.
Peter - Most spiders have 6 spinnerets.
Jaxton - They can spin webs.
Victoria - Some spiders eat other different spiders.
Ethan B. - Pumpkins have seeds.
Kylie - Spiders are not insects.
Alex - Spiders have 8 legs.
Golden - You can harvest pumpkins.
Jacob - Spiders are not insects.
Kiernan - Tarantulas can be pets.
Ethan P. - Spiders are not insects.
Scarlett - Spiders have 8 legs.

Next week we'll start our community unit!

STEAM challenge - Spider webs

This week we did another STEAM challenge.  We worked in groups of four to build a web from a hanger and dental floss that could support our "spider."

First, we worked individually to make a plan.

Then we got into our groups, discussed our plans, and agreed on one design.

After that, it was time to build!

Our spider webs turned out great, and they all held our "spider!"