Third grade means...VOLCANO PROJECT!!!! The kids had to choose a volcano, write a report on the volcano, make a labeled model and fill out a fact form on the volcano; did I mention this is third grade?
Amelia's Krakatoa Volcano. It is a volcano in Indonesia. As kids become school age, you quickly realize there are two types of parents. Those that let their children have their own ideas and complete their own projects, and those that basically shoo their children out of the room because "mommy is working on her volcano project." As seen from the above volcano, we are of the "let the kid do it" mindset. Amelia was very proud of her volcano which looked a little like a lopsided chocolate cake. We went to school to drop off Amelia's volcano and you should have seen some of these volcanoes!! Clearly, no 8 year old could do this work. Some of them were taller than Addison and looked like something Disney imagineers would have thought up. I put my proud parent face on and dropped off Amelia with her "chocolate cake." Which by the way, one mom made a chocolate volcano cake complete with molten lava leaking over the edge. Geesh.
Here is the finished project, great job Amelia!
Amelia reading her report to the class.
The kids didn't have to make their volcano erupt but Amelia made hers so it erupted! She got lots of "Awesome!" and "Cool" from her classmates.
Recently Amelia's Connections class had an awesome experience. They got to travel to Pensacola to the Naval Museum and even had the Blue Angels perform for them. They then got to go in a simulator, see an IMAX film and experience some of the jets.
What a cute pilot. After the naval museum, the kids went to the Science Exploreum because their Connections class is about to start a study on Australia. Besides all of the science experiences, the museum had a special Australia exhibit complete with kangaroos! Amelia's highlight of the whole day was petting a baby kangaroo:)
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