Controlling Water in Palenque

If you were an engineer in Palenque, how would you make sure that water was evenly distributed?   Fifth graders worked on solutions using some modern day materials.  They will be researching actual practices in the next few weeks.

 

Mud Painting Marathon

Some kindergarteners spent all of green recess  painting with mud.  

A leaf got stuck to the roller and printed a whole row of leaves.

Painting around a leaf leaves a leaf shape.

Kids were determined to cover the whole surface.

June 2022 Ecorama Drawings Turned into a Calendar

Art by BNS Students

Led by Tish Doggett, teaching artist

Assembled into a calendar by Deroy Peraza, BNS parent

 Link to Entry About June 2022 Ecorama

Election Day

You are never too young to take part in a democracy.  

First graders vote on which tool they prefer.

This Little Light of Mine

 A  light table, some natural materials,  and some imaginative Pre-K students, and what do you get?

                                          "Shady The Cool Guy"

A nest