Earth Day is tomorrow!

All week Ms. Case (Muncy) will be focusing on topics related to Earth Day.

The class had a blast on Tuesday. Ms. Case created a "worm bin" with the class. We will be studying our new "pets" and make observations of them using our senses of touch and sight. After creating a class worm bin, the students made their own edible worm homes with pudding, graham crackers, Oreos, and, of course, gummy worms! The day was topped off by creating "worm art"--the students used wet pasta (the worms), instead of brushes, to create some beautiful abstract paintings.

Today Ms. Case discussed garbage and recycling. Ms. Case created a landfill with each class. The morning class named their landfill Mount Brantner and the afternoon named theirs Mount Stinky. In a month, we will unearth the contents of our landfills to investigate what items decomposed and what items did not.

The class also sorted objects into two groups: those that can be recycled and those that cannot. To finish the day, each student was given several items from Rumpke Recycling--a pencil, coloring page, tattoo and trading card. Thanks Rumpke!