Our class got some special outdoor classroom journals and we used them for the first time on March 12th. Our task was to go outside and study the snow! We had rulers, magnifying glasses, our journals and pencils.
Everyone packed a small container full of snow. We came back in the school and made a prediction of when the snow would be melted. Students used their Outdoor Classroom Journals to record observations like these:
- in places, the snow is as deep as the ruler
- some places the snow is packed down solid like cement
- some places the snow is loose because no one walks there
- when you walk, sometimes you sink and sometimes you don't
- tiny black dots in the snow - maybe it is dust?
- snow only sparkles in the sun
- you can't see snow sparkle in the shade
- there was ice and even grass in some of the snow
- it was a very sunny day so there were lots of dark shadows
We can hardly wait for adventure number two!
