Four Winds Day

Last Friday, we had an amazing day!  Laura Labrie and many volunteers created a special science day for the students at UMS!  Each class had the opportunity to rotate through 4 stations that taught us all about ferns! I have never realized how interesting a fern can be!!  Check out our pictures from this fun morning!

 We are learning that there are three types of ferns: once cut, twice cut, and thrice cut ferns!

Everyone had a fern to examine and decide which kind of cut it was.

 We learned a great song about fiddleheads (new fern plants) that goes to the tune of "5 Little Pumpkins".

 Everyone cut a part of a fern and we put them all together to make a beautiful big fern!

Watch the dedication as her fern piece is carefully cut out!

 Everyone is working hard to cut out his/her fern piece.

Then we took a "hike" through the trees behind UMS looking for ferns. 

We found lots of ferns!

 Here is a tiny baby fern, called a fiddlehead!

 Our last station involved painting ferns!

 Everyone is hard at work!

I love how amazing these prints came out! Everyone's print look so different and unique!