Too Big To Fit

Johanna needed convincing.  A whale cannot fit into a 10 gallon tank.  Even a 14 foot baby.  So these K students showed her.  Shirley!

Fourth Grade Environmentalists Create a Web Site

Dear Parents, Teachers, and Children of BNS, 

We, a few 4th graders in Josh and Cora's class, are overjoyed to announce a project we've been working on since March. It is a website that we call the BNS Climate Journal. We thought if we announced the problems of our planet openly to the world we could make a difference. The topics that our website contains include water overuse, combined sewer overflow, and plastic in the ocean. The website is live right as you are reading this and we hope you get to reading the amazing articles we and our friends have worked so hard to create. 

With thanks,Narwhal, Noie, Langston, Anna, Madeleine, and Hugo

Snack for Whom?

Hermit Crabs or Kindergarten Students?

Rain Drops Keep Falling

Second Graders become drops of water that keep going through different phases as they travel from glacier to cloud to ocean and so on.  





Each student put labels on a "passport"  to keep track of the stops along the way.    

Teachers read this book...

And then sent kids off to write about their adventure.  Some takeaways...you can spend a long time frozen in a glacier or hanging out in a cloud...

We used to use pony beads to keep track...too plastic.  We are going to use stamps and ink pads next time!

Kids wrote or drew about part of their travels.

Thanks to Tania Kamensky for making the dice!  And to Maria for convincing me to resurrect this game.  And to Amanda for the photos.

Thank you Gerstner Family Foundation

Students using latest equipment for physics.  Magnetic pipes! Paid for by a generous grant from The Gerstner Family Foundation.

First Graders Are On A Roll

Green recess and physics...what could be more fun?

Safety first.

A dolly, a crate, and a rope...

A blast!

Go-cart sedan made by Ed.

Farm Share 2108

Thank you farmers. Thank you cooks.  And artists, and writers, and scientists, and musicians. 

Making Paper with Leek and Other Fibers

Plant Part Sculptures.