Never a Dull Moment

I asked these kids if their train was full or if I could join them. "It's a bus!" they corrected. Oops. In retrospect, I should have known it was a bus. There are no trains around here so I'll bet none of these preschoolers has ever seen one.

The second picture shows students collecting data on a local stream for the international "Adopt-A-Stream" program. They collect the data at least once a month. The funniest part is when they determine how fast the water is running by timing how fast a ping pong ball moves from the beginning to the end of a meter stick. One person drops the ball at the beginning of the meter stick and another catches it at the end. One day, the "catcher" missed the ball and another kid had to jump into the stream and chase after it-not an easy feat.

Finally, I've posted a picture showing kids planting vegetables. This was a few weeks ago, and the plants are coming up really well. I had the 7th graders pick some of the cilantro today to try it. We also ate little bits of the greenery sprouting from the onion, carrot, and celery plants just to ascertain what they were. Sometimes a tast test is the easiest way to identify something...