The Upweller Facility Trip in Chatham was a very successful one. Following our trip last Spring, the students were able to see how much the shellfish have grown. When we last visited, they were the size of grains of sand- they are now about a quarter of an inch to an inch long. The students were also asked to estimate how many quahogs were in each bucket. They broke up into groups, talked with each other, and ran ideas by each other to figure out the best way to count the quahogs without actually having to count them. Each group came up with similar ideas, they would count one graduated cylinder full first, and then tally how many times they filled up each cylinder...then add/multiply them when they were finished. GO 4TH GRADERS! It was a great project, and they worked cooperatively all along the way.
Ryann Zabielski
Elementary Director Archives
May 2015
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