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What a powerful week!  We have had so much fun working with one another through projects and creative new approaches.  Below you will see a summary of our week, showing new friendships and ideas that will help our creative juices for the upcoming year.  Grab some popcorn and enjoy!! :)

Top 10 Things Pinnacle Leaders Will Never Say

Wrap-Up for Pinnacle Day 1

3-2-1

3 Things I Found Out:
1. How to give students assignments after they complete a quick quiz- (Auto-generated assignments....SWEET!!)
2.  What Canva is and how to use it.
3.  What the Four C's are (in depth)

2 Interesting Things:
1.  LOVE the Appmazing Race Idea...wish I could collaborate with more strangers though
2.  Badge sticker...Interested to see what the possible badges are.

1 Question I Still Have:
1.  How can we access unit guides for planning?  This would help during our "work time".

Migration vs. Hibernation

Our next voyage will be using Blendspace to create a presentation that uses videos, pictures, and text to support students' thoughts about the difference between hibernation and migration. This comes after several weeks of experiments and Shared Reading articles to help them see what all types of adaptations organisms can have as week as the advantages and disadvantages of these adaptations. 

One experiment that I must share with you that the kids really enjoyed required them to use different tools to represent their "beak". They were able to choose between a spoon, scissors, tweezers, and a binder clip. They had to use this "beak" to "eat" their food and place it in their cup, which represented their bellies. Their food consisted of a paper clip, a rubber band, a pipe cleaner, and a Cheerio. They were given 20 seconds to see how much they could "eat."  Students recorded their data in their notebooks and compared their data to their group member's.  They truly enjoyed trying to beat their own records. We then discussed how these adaptations impact the birds they are similar to and why it is/isn't hard for them to survive in certain habitats. 

Students willl take their knowledge from this experiment and others to put together their Blendspace. I can't wait to see how they present their research of hibernating vs. migrating. 

Side note-if you haven't ever tried Blendspace, it is well worth the exploring time. Being able to log in, create, and share with their google log in is well worth the time to explore!! :)