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I have goosebumps after viewing this clip of the saga of the water buffalo calf.

Here’s another video on teamwork from the world of geese.

Lesson from Geese

What a great week of learning more about robotics and GPS tools. There are great ways for our students to extend science, math and technology skills using robots. This video clip is an example of the winning team for First LEGO league in the state of Virginia this past season.  Here is the local newspaper feature about our Prism grant at James Madison University.  The challenge mat for this year’s mission has arrived.  Now I need to figure out who is on our Mountain View Elementary School team.

Our Third Grade Challenge After School Enrichment group discovered an exciting new Number Sequence.

Check out the FREE BrainPOP movie about the Fibonacci Number Sequence.

We then divided into six groups and took digital cameras around the school yard to discover examples of the Fibonacci Number Sequence in Nature.

0, 1, 1, 2,3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987, 1597…

One group discovered the sequence when they counted the petal on the Black Eyed Susan. Other groups found it on the pinecones and sunflowers. The sunflower head displays florets in spirals of 34 and 55 around the outside.

Reflection    by Kristina Kenegos Sullivan 

Poll “Summer Vacation Favorite”

The Savy Technologist shared a great READ/WRITE Web talk.

His comments inspire me to plan blogging into my students’ curriculum this school year.

His pod cast is at this link “READ/Write Web”

This site will be used to extend our learning in the classroom.