Ancient Egypt enrichment centers

We just wrapped up our Ancient Egypt unit with a tic-tac-toe of 9 different activities in 3 categories that the students could complete. The three categories revolved around creative expression, written expression, and critical thinking. Above Alex has created a new god/goddess and is writing the legend about how they rose to that level of worship.
Corinne is working on an article for "The Daily Mummy" the newspaper during that time period and Olivia is working on designing her ankh, the symbol of life.
Caroline is deep in thought designing her amulet to bring her good luck and protect her from evil or disease.
Leena is writing questions that she will ask when she interviews a pharaoh. She is also filling in the answers that he/she might say.

Ancient Egypt Pyramids

As one of our projects for our Ancient Egypt unit we made 3D pyramids. We learned about the process of mummification and how these mummies were buried in tombs in pyramids. We also learned that Egyptians opted to take some things with them as they may need them in the afterlife.
Alex wanted to bring with him his amulet, picture of his family, food, water, and a book so he doesn't get bored.
Lily wanted to bring her glasses, pet, family, and peace.

Wanted! Polygon posters

We have just started learning about polygons. We focused on triangles and quadrilaterals. Students were asked to make a "Wanted" poster searching for a polygon. They were asked to include their sense of creativity, correct mathematical terms, and at least 4 attributes that described their shape. Sorry some of them are sideways, could not reformat them!

Mesopotamian Choices

We started our unit on early communities in Social Studies. We started with Mesopotamia. We discussed their way of life and different innovations/inventions that they have added to our culture. As a culminating activity, students were given two options. They could a) write a letter to a person living today pretending they were a Sumerian or b) design a poster ad for one of the innovations/inventions that were done during this time.

Designing Another Experiment!

In science we got the opportunity to design and perform another experiment. This one was dealing with motion and gravity. Students used ramps and changed them in some way to see what effect they had on the distance of travel. Some groups covered their ramps with wax paper or aluminum foil. Some groups used a range of 3-6 textbooks. Some groups did it on the tile versus the carpet. Before we did the experiment we set up our plan with the question, hypothesis, materials, and procedure. As we completed the experiment we filled in a data table and wrote our conclusion. It was a ton of fun!