This week in the lab...
It's Teacher Appreciation Week! Out PTA moms have out done themselves this year! Everyday, the teachers and staff have been showered with gifts, prizes, notes, flowers, posters, massages...you name it, we got it! A huge thank you to all the parents who helped to make this week so memorable. We feel so loved! Also, thank you to the students of Casita for all the cards, flowers, and gifts you gave your teachers. You are all very thoughtful!
Also, a huge thank you to Christine Lys who nominated me for an Athena SD Pinnacle Award! The awards dinner was Wednesday evening at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in Downtown, San Diego. It was quite a swanky affair! I felt honored to have been recognized alongside such amazing and accomplished women in the field of science, technology, engineering, and math. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney sponsored Mrs. Smith and I. Morrison Foerster, the law firm of Christine Lys' husband, donated tickets so my parents and fiance could attend the event too. I'd like to thank Mr. Murphy for his gracious donation, and Athena SD for hosting such a prestigious event!
This week, kindergartners learned about snails! Thanks to Chloe and Molly McGuire, our snail catching extraordinaires, we had plenty of snails to observe! We observed how our snails reacted with water. We also fed our snails, and had a snail race!
First graders learned the difference between a "mixture" and a "solution." We mixed salt and water in one cup, and sand and water in another cup, and then using our knowledge about mixtures and solutions, determined which was which.
Second graders continued to learn about rocks and minerals! This week, Miss Phillips brought in her rock bag, which is filled with rocks and minerals. Each student grabbed a rock/mineral from the bag, and then tested it at 6 station: The observation station, weigh station, scratch station, sink/float station, streak station, and acid station. Then, students took the information they collected about their rock/mineral, and researched online to determine what type of rock or mineral they had! To learn more about rocks and minerals, check out our Rock and Mineral Identification Page.
This weekend is the Casita Campout! I hope you all can make it. We will be camping on Mount Laguna. Mr. Brown has organized the event, so contact him for more information. Saturday at 2pm there will be a nature hike led by Mr. Brown, and Saturday night we'll have the telescopes set up! It should be a great night to look through the telescopes, because there will be lots to see! Saturday nights is one of the few nights when all the planets will be aligned, and therefore we can see them all in our sky! This will happen over the course of the night, so you'll have to stay up all night if you want to see all the planets. Also, the Earch is passing through the orbital patch of Halley's Comet, so there should be an exciting meteor shower with tons of shooting stars! You won't want to miss it! I'll be camping on Meadow Loop, so be sure to stop by and say hi!
Also, our chicks are set to hatch on Monday. I'll keep you updated on their progress!
Well, that's the news f
It's Teacher Appreciation Week! Out PTA moms have out done themselves this year! Everyday, the teachers and staff have been showered with gifts, prizes, notes, flowers, posters, massages...you name it, we got it! A huge thank you to all the parents who helped to make this week so memorable. We feel so loved! Also, thank you to the students of Casita for all the cards, flowers, and gifts you gave your teachers. You are all very thoughtful!
Also, a huge thank you to Christine Lys who nominated me for an Athena SD Pinnacle Award! The awards dinner was Wednesday evening at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in Downtown, San Diego. It was quite a swanky affair! I felt honored to have been recognized alongside such amazing and accomplished women in the field of science, technology, engineering, and math. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney sponsored Mrs. Smith and I. Morrison Foerster, the law firm of Christine Lys' husband, donated tickets so my parents and fiance could attend the event too. I'd like to thank Mr. Murphy for his gracious donation, and Athena SD for hosting such a prestigious event!
This week, kindergartners learned about snails! Thanks to Chloe and Molly McGuire, our snail catching extraordinaires, we had plenty of snails to observe! We observed how our snails reacted with water. We also fed our snails, and had a snail race!
First graders learned the difference between a "mixture" and a "solution." We mixed salt and water in one cup, and sand and water in another cup, and then using our knowledge about mixtures and solutions, determined which was which.
Second graders continued to learn about rocks and minerals! This week, Miss Phillips brought in her rock bag, which is filled with rocks and minerals. Each student grabbed a rock/mineral from the bag, and then tested it at 6 station: The observation station, weigh station, scratch station, sink/float station, streak station, and acid station. Then, students took the information they collected about their rock/mineral, and researched online to determine what type of rock or mineral they had! To learn more about rocks and minerals, check out our Rock and Mineral Identification Page.
This weekend is the Casita Campout! I hope you all can make it. We will be camping on Mount Laguna. Mr. Brown has organized the event, so contact him for more information. Saturday at 2pm there will be a nature hike led by Mr. Brown, and Saturday night we'll have the telescopes set up! It should be a great night to look through the telescopes, because there will be lots to see! Saturday nights is one of the few nights when all the planets will be aligned, and therefore we can see them all in our sky! This will happen over the course of the night, so you'll have to stay up all night if you want to see all the planets. Also, the Earch is passing through the orbital patch of Halley's Comet, so there should be an exciting meteor shower with tons of shooting stars! You won't want to miss it! I'll be camping on Meadow Loop, so be sure to stop by and say hi!
Also, our chicks are set to hatch on Monday. I'll keep you updated on their progress!
Well, that's the news f