In order to learn about cells and how they work, our 5th grade students are working towards a Project Based Learning initiative that will result in walk-in models of a plant and animal cell for parents to tour during parent-teacher conferences. One fifth grade class is in charge of building the animal cell, while the other is constructing a plant cell. In their classes, students were broken into groups, and each group was assigned a different organelle to research and construct out of recycled materials. Our 4th grade students even helped by collecting water bottles for us to reuse (as a result of a recent call with a penguin hospital in South Africa where they learned about the problems with plastic pollution in our oceans).
Groups just finished their research last week and have started construction this week. Some pictures of their work so far are below. Parents, community members, and the media will be invited to tour our mini-museum on November 24th from 12-4pm and 5-8pm.
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Tanya Cunningham
11/10/2015 05:24:06 pm
This is pretty incredible. WTG 5th grade!
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