01/29 Tufted Puffin

This week we learned about Tufted Puffins.  They are one of three types of Puffins.  We looked at pictures of them swimming, eating fish, and flying.  We watched a video clip of a Puffling (baby Puffin) hatching out of it's egg.

For our activity, we made Puffin masks:

01/22 Snowy Owl

For this class time we learned about the Snowy Owl.  We looked at pictures of the Snowy Owls highlighting interesting facts of the owls, like the large wingspan, the Lemmings they eat, their nests, and their ability to hide by blending into their surrounding.  We watched a video clip to see them flying and hunting.

We then did a project of making our own Snowy Owl with white "feathers" and yellow eyes.

01/15 Caribou

Today we talked about Caribou, aka Reindeer.  We looked at pictures showing things like the tundra, antlers, the enormous herds, the types of food they eat, how domesticated Reindeer help people, etc.  We watched two short video clips, the first showing general info about the Caribou in the wild, the second about Reindeer racing! 

We did a project constructing a Caribou.

We read a story called "How Snowshoe Hare Rescued the Sun".  It is a story shared among the Yuit people of the Siberian tundra.

01/08 Musk Ox

This month we are focusing on animals who live in the very cold areas of the world called the Tundra. 

Today we learned about the Musk Ox.  We watched a short video on Musk Oxen that showed us the environment they live in, their fur, and how the males headbutt to impress the females.  We also read a fun book called "A is for Musk Ox", that related letters of the alphabet to Musk Ox facts.  We finished by coloring a Musk Ox and gluing yarn strips to the picture to resemble their long, thick, soft fur.