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Fourth graders head outside!  Oh! The excitement! 

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Learning about the effects of building air pressure with the URI Navy STEM Team.   

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Collaborating while capturing their outdoor observations. 

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Discussing observations on the playground.  

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Careful observations by third grade scientists. 

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Scientists discussing observations they made outside. 

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Third graders observing earthworms on their playground.  

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Science class outside!  Mr. Potter it's too hot!  Look how engaged they all are!!! 

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Another group of grade 5 students enjoy the squirming red worms !

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Grade 5 students add their red worms to the grade 5 raised garden.  

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Students investigate the condition of their red worms while enjoying their new outdoor learning center 

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Hoxsie Grade 5 students discovering how many more red worms there are in their jars after 6 weeks!

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Everyone is enjoying the Deer Population Simulation in Ms. carter's class!

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Ms. Carter's grade 4 class was gathering data for their Deer Population Simulation.

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More fun with Mrs. Nardacci's garden club!

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Lot's of fun during Hoxsie's garden club!

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What goes up must come down - URI Navy STEM at Dunns

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What goes up must come down - URI Navy STEM at Dunns

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Studying buoyancy and pressure with our BOAT Navy Stem Partners outside!

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Studying buoyancy and pressure with our BOAT Navy Stem Partners outside!

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Dunns Corner Outdoor Leanring  in our Outdoor Classroom 

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Dunns Corner Outdoor Leanring  in our Outdoor Classroom 

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Playground design Unit using Bridges Math and Measuring our Current playground for our Models, Dunns Corners 

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Playground design Unit using Bridges Math and Measuring our Current playground for our Models, Dunns Corners 

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Dunns Corner Gardening time is so much fun!

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Dunns Corner Gardening time is so much fun!

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Dunns Corners Special Olympics NESS trip !

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Dunns Corners Special Olympics NESS trip !

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We never made our binoculars, but these K scientists are resourceful and made their own to get a better look at our school yard birds!

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Do you see the birds you hear? What do you notice about those birds? Do they sound the same? Do they look the same? We learned birds look and sound different, but have the same parts, and the parts to the same thing! The same structure and function!! 

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We hear birds! We see birds! This bird was building a nest!

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Holliman K Science Circle - Bird Investigation

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Holliman K Science Circle - Bird Investigation

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Another class & table at Narragansett Bay Conference. 

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Another class & another table at the Narragansett Bay Conference. 

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First graders using their senses to investigate animals on a field trip. 

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First grader talking about parts of the bird on a field trip. 

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First graders learning about animals at the Southwicks Zoo!

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Grade 1 Learning about animals at the Southwicks Zoo. 

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These grade 6 students are looking for data on how the sun affects the grassy surface of the Earth.  Shortly afterwards, they tested the metal sewer cover behind them. They also tested the wood chips on the playground. We love their enthusiasm and curiosity.

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These students are careful to run their tests for data following protocols set in class. Notice they are avoiding shadows. Great team work!

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Students are using equipment such as light meters and thermometers to test the affects of sunlight on the cement surface. Some light reflects according to their light meters. The temperature is different 4 ft. higher. I wonder why?

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Cavianna discusses results of her data with her group. These students are identifying patterns already! Do you know the affects of sunlight on the Earth's surface?

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Students are collecting data from the surface of the Earth with light meters and thermometers. They are asking their teacher to choose a new site with a darker blacktop because they think they will get different results there.

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Students use light meters to see the affects of sunlight on the surface of the Earth. They chose to test the blacktop.

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Students are using light meters to see the affects of sunlight on different surfaces.

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Learning from experts at Narragansett Bay conference field trip. 

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Hands on learning  at Narragansett Bay conference.

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Field trip to Narragansett Bay Conference.  Stories experiencing hands on experiences. 

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Students on a field trip to Narragansett Bay Commission Conference.  

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Student photo of trail plants- monitoring growth

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Trail and Stream day exploration- Grade 7

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A first grader uses a kite to investigate its interactions with the wind. 

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If we found some plants poking up through the playground mulch, will we find evidence of plants in the shade under the slide? 

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First graders take their Physical Education learning outdoors (even in the winter!) 

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Our school principal, Mr. Rotz, joins first graders outside to learn about gliders interacting with the wind on our annual Wind Day! 

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First graders take their math learning outdoors and complete the path challenge! 

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First graders work hard mowing their lawns! 

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First graders gather in a learning circle to set expectations before outdoor observations 

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First graders record observations during a nature walk (2 photos) 

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First graders gather in a small learning circle to discuss observations during a nature walk 

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A first grader records observations on a nature walk 

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First grade students gather outdoors in the back field for a nature walk 

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We took a walking field trip to our local library. We observed a mural there with detailed scientific illustrations of animals local to our community. Panes of the mural represented different seasons of the year. We then went out to the riverwalk to see if we could identify any of the animals from the spring section of the mural. 

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No worms to be found in the dry, sunny, packed dirt. Lots of ideas why that might be. No shelter? No water? 

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Kindergarten - Looking for worms to determine where they live and what their habitats look like. This is helping us determine what redworms need to live (Animals 2x2, Lesson 3.2) --- We noticed a pattern that worms were in the shady less hot spots. We had identified these spots as "less hot" in our first unit (OSE) in the fall. 

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Kindergarten - Looking for worms to determine where they live and what their habitats look like. This is helping us determine what redworms need to live (Animals 2x2, Lesson 3.2) --- This shady, damp log hosted lots of worms. 

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Kindergarten - Looking for worms to determine where they live and what their habitats look like. This is helping us determine what redworms need to live (Animals 2x2, Lesson 3.2) --- This shady, leafy, damp spot had lots of worms. 

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Hannah and Payton are discussing patterns they are finding from their data.  Why is the surface temperature higher than 4ft. above? What could it be?

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Grade 5 Ss find plant growing on stone wall during schoolyard system observation. How can plants grow on stone walls?

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Grade 5 Ss find grapes growing during schoolyard system observation. Wondering what kind of grapes are they? Are the eatable?

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Grade 5 Ss record data on Sun Trackers to determine the cause-and-effect relationship between the position of the Sun and length/direction of shadows.

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Grade 5 Ss complete shadow challenges like "Shadow hand shake" while waiting to record data on Sun Trackers.

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Grade 5 Ss create shadow monsters while waiting to collect data on trackers.

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Grade 5 Ss trace their shadows to observe how they change throughout the day.

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Grade 5 Ss collect water samples from schoolyard to test for unhealthy matter.

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Grade 5 Ss find baby Painted turtle during our nature walk!

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Grade 5 student finds worm/decomposer during schoolyard system observation!

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Grade 5 Ss find mushrooms/fungi growing on tree stump during schoolyard system observation!

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Grade 5 Ss observe lichen growing on schoolyard fence during schoolyard system observation!

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A third grader was categorizing plants roots: fibrous versus tap root.

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Third graders are comparing roots of school yard plants.

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Grade three students where looking for plants in the school yard!

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These grade 6 students noticed different shades of blacktop and cement. They chose the darker area to see if the air near the ground was warmer than the air higher up. I wonder if they will find the results different from when they tested in the grass or on the wood chips?

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Julie & Ellie are taking data to figure out: Why is the air near the ground warmer than the air higher up? Julie uses a thermometer on a cement surface, while Ellie holds a light meter facing the surface at knee level, to measure reflected .  I wonder what they will learn?

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Student was testing speech volume based on distance and environmental background noise.

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Holliman Barker, Speech Pathologist, Grade 5

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Holliman Barker, Speech Pathologist, Grade 5

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Student photo capture of evidence of storm damage

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Outdoor Day- Spring Plant identification 

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Spring Tree identification- outdoor day 

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Grade 7 students - trail stewards- Nature Trail clean up day.