Sharing the Planet

Welcome Back!

It was exciting to get back to school this week and hear about all the fun that was had during Spring Break.  Many changes have been noticed as well, as the trees and flowers have begun to show beautiful buds and flowers!  

Sharing the Planet

This week began our provocations of the last unit of inquiry this year, Sharing the Planet.  This unit will provide an inquiry into the rights and responsibilities in the struggle to share finite resources with other people and other living things. 

Our Central Idea: 
Conservation of water benefits people and other living things.

Questions to drive our inquiries:

What is conservation?
Why does water have to be conserved?
How does conserving water affect other living things?
How is water contaminated?
How do we clean water?
What can I do to conserve water?

We started our unit off with a fascinating trip to the Baldwin Water Treatment Facility.  We learned that a lot goes into collecting and cleaning our water, and how lucky we are to have such a precious resource right in Cleveland, Lake Erie!

Each class wrote an acoustic water poem to show what we already know about water.  We will write these poems again at the end to see all that we have learned.  












We took water walks around the school as well.  This helped us see all the places we use water at CIS.  Wow, there sure are a lot! We also decided to track our own water use for one day.  We will use this information throughout our unit.

Skyping from South Africa

Mrs. Snyder's class got to enjoy a very exciting visit from Cape Town, South Africa.  We were able to see and talk with our classmate who is there and meet her teacher and new friends.   

Thank you Mystery Readers!!!