Week 5 Day 5 Night and Day

After Gratitude Circle, we played a game of”A Warm Wind Blows for Anyone Who…”. Then 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 practiced and recorded their original play “Night and Day”. There will be a private link for parents to view it emailed out. Then we had a snack and went to the obstacle course. Next we discussed what a solar eclipse is and how it happens.   We looked at the artist Vincent Bal’s artwork and made our own Shadowology Art using the Sun’s shadows and our imagination. They found a natural object and a friend held it while they traced its shadow in sharpie. Then they imagined something else to turn it into and added details and backgrounds. Next we talked about upcoming Artemis missions to the Moon and in teams they completed a STEM Moon Landing Challenge (with only the given materials, they needed to find a way to land a ping pong ball representing the moon payload into a crater-cup in the center of a 6 ft hoop without stepping into the circle). After lunch and going to the creek, they performed their original play for parents and guardians.