A few busy days leading up to the long weekend

On Thursday, January 14th the third, fourth, and fifth graders were fortunate enough to see Ithacappella, an acapella group from Ithaca College, perform at Nathaniel Morton.  The students were very engaged during the performance and even had an opportunity to learn how to beat box.  Take a look below for some photos and videos from the performance.

On Friday, we met with our little buddies to learn about the zones of the ocean.  We learned that the ocean can be divided from its surface to its depth into three zones based on the amount of light received.  The sunlit zone receives the most light, the twilight zone receives dim light, and the midnight zone doesn't get any sunlight.  After watching a short video on Brainpop Jr., big friends and little friends worked together to create a poster showing the different layers of the ocean and which animals live in each layer.  We showed our little buddies how we can use the chromebooks to help us research.  We also replicated the zones of the ocean in a water bottle by using food coloring and oil.