Week 3 Day 5 Night and Day

After Gratitude Circle, we discussed why Polar Days and Polar Nights occur (6 months of darkness and 6 months of constant daytime on Earth’s poles). Next we explored what might happen to wildlife in Georgia if this were to occur here and played a Polar Nights and Days relay. There were 6 parts of a food chain on the field that they had to find and put in order from the sun to producers to consumers. Then we finished an activity from yesterday designing a fantasy nocturnal animal with at least three adaptations we talked about that help them survive night ( ex: tapetum lucidum eyes, bioluminescence, large ears for excellent hearing or fur to stay warm at night, etc) Then we did a dress rehearsal and recorded their original play “Night vs. Day”. There will be a private link for parents to view emailed out this evening. Then we had a snack and went to the obstacle course. Next we discussed what a solar eclipse is and how it happens. I demonstrated with a model to show the Moon casting a shadow onto the Earth. Then we played an Eclipse Game where they are the Sun and secretly choose other explorers as the  Moon and Earth and have to move themselves to keep their Moon person between them and the Earth. Next we looked at the artist Vincent Bal’s artwork and made our own Shadowology Art using the Sun’s shadows and our imagination. 

After lunch and going to the creek, they performed their original play for parents and guardians.