Fabulous First Grade
with Ms. Minardi and Ms. Grant!
Organisms and their needs and wants in the Financial World!
Starting in October, the first graders will begin their first engineering unit titled Just Passing Through: Designing Model Membranes. Students will read the story called Juan Daniels Futbol Frog where they will learn about Bioengineering. In this unit, students learn to think like bioengineers as they design a model membrane to mimic the properties of real membranes in live organisms. The storybook Juan Daniel’s Futbol Frog sets the scene, as students read about a boy who engineers a membrane to keep a frog alive. Students learn how membranes function and apply their knowledge of the basic needs of living organisms to the engineering design challenge: designing a frog habitat with a model membrane that delivers just the right amount of water.
Come back in October to see our progress!
Come back in October to see our progress!
Longest Links Design Challenge
To start off our year, the first graders are participating in their first engineering challenge which will take two classes to complete! They have the challenge of creating the "Longest Links" using one large piece of construction paper and tape. Come back next week to see what they have created!