Here is the same group of students after presenting the Biodiversity project to k-6 students, teachers, parents and friends at a Town Meeting.

Several Waterville students presented the Biodiversity project at the recent EEAW (Environmental Education Association of Washington) meeting in Wenatchee. Sudents were Zak Kruger, Elizabeth Bourton, Kalah Toomey, Julia Hinderer, Nolan Ruud, Kelsey Browning, and Jessica Day

When our farmers came in, we knew exactly what we were to do. We helped them put dots on paper graphs for every horny toad sighting. Then we worked on the computer to put a dot on an ArcView map for each horny toad seen.

To get ready for the farmers' visit, we had a review of how to use ArcView from Karen and Dan.

Before we learned much about skeletons, we explored bones by trying to put together some models.

To remember the patella, we patted our knees and said "pat, pat, pat."
Mr. Bones gave us a full size example of how the bones in our bodies fit together. We recorded all our learning in our science notebooks. Finally, we each made a skeleton that was our own size. We measured our leg bones and arm bones to be as exact as possible.

Learning Names of Bones

These are pictures that show our class practicing the names of bones in our body. We worked with a partner to learn the names of the bones. Then we shared with the class which bones we could identify. Some of us played games to help us remember bone names. For example, we would see who could point to the bone the quickest. Also, for the humerus we would pat our upper arms and laugh.