We started with Gratitude Circle and a game of "Warm Wind Blows for Anyone Who..." . Then we recorded their play since the live performance was cancelled. I will send out the edited version by 8pm tonight. After snack break and obstacle course we discussed how solar and lunar tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon and they made models with the Sun, Moon and Earth to show how high and low tides occur due to gravitational pull. Next we finished some Stat

After Gratitude Circle, they did a Tower Challenge (building the tallest free-standing tower they could with limited resources and time). Today focused on Center of Gravity challenges and adaptations to gravity. We looked at how gravity affects our body (bone density, muscle mass, etc) and tried some center of gravity challenges like “with feet and bum against the wall, don’t move your feet or bend your knees. Can you pick up an object off the floor right in front of you?” or

We started with Gratitude Circle, a quick game of Bibbity Bibbity Bop and a Cosmic Relay using what we learned about the hierarchy of celestial bodies from yesterday. Then we discussed, “How do plants sense gravity to know which way is up in order to grow roots down and stems up?” We talked about statoliths (tiny dense grains of starch that fall inside a plant cell sending signals to let the plant know which way is “down” and which is “up”. Then they made Statolith artwork