One of the Science standards for first grade is for students to recognize health care workers. To meet that goal first grade teachers organi...

One of the best things about teaching at Chets Creek is the WOW days.  WOW stands for Working on the Work and four times a year, each g...

Today we had our first 1st grade Science lesson.  It was all about Scientists.  Mrs. Raurk started by reading a simple book about Scientists...

Today was one of my favorite days.  It was a WOW day (a W orking O n the W ork day), now referred to as PLC (Professional Learning Commu...

Over the past week our class has been investigating the tools scientists use. We have discussed how and why scientists use goggles to prote...

Our last Science lab had to do with what the sun does to our skin.  Each child was given ten white beads to string on a pipe cleaner and tur...

Teaching our children about forces that can change the Earth's surface today. After watching a PowerPoint of before and after land form...

Several times a week we have Science.  Every couple of weeks the children participate in a lab/ experiment and it is their favorite part of ...

New bulletin boards went up today.  We decided to display our combination of Science and Writing.  In Science we have been doing a unit on...

Thanks to a wonderful volunteer, Dr. Brenda Zenk, our school garden was prepared for potato planting.  We went to the garden today and gave ...

As so often happens, one of the suggestions in our Science manual is to set up a habitat for crickets to engage and introduce the students t...

It was out to the garden today to plant radishes. I feel so fortunate to have this opportunity with our students. Each row is marked...