Presentation Night

The SAND Club presented the results of our careful geology research to a crowd of admiring onlookers. There were a total of 12 presentations---everything from a really weird mosquito running around the house to a totally cool movie by "Dr. Cliff Wall".

Four presentations were of pictures the children had drawn or colored.



Two poems were beautifully recited.

A pothole poster wowed us.

Clay and lego models of volcanoes and the earth cracking open were amazing.


And everyone loved our very own molten chocolate lava cakes!!

We had a blast stuffed into our brave and generous Science & Nature Guide's living room! Thank you!!! Good work everybody!

Lava Explorations

Lava, rocks, one volcano experiment done twice (worked better the second time!) and the St. Croix River Valley. Lots of people and lots of learning!

Unit 1 Week 2 Time Travelers

Whew! We studied maps of Rome, and ate carob, a food from the Mediterranean (actually tasted better than we thought!) Cleopatra, a giant mosaic, Julius Caesar, Brutus...so much history, so little time! Our fingers are practically numb from glueing such a vast quantity of tiles onto our mosaic. Erika read a story to us that included all of us transported back to ancient Rome. Nicholai was Cincinnatus, Marcus was Caesar and Camilla was Caesar's wife. We laughed, we cried, the horses cried... Julius Caesar even visited our club!

Interstate State Park Trip a Success!

The kids enjoyed bopping around the potholes at Interstate State Park. Watch your step!

First Day of Time Travelers Adventure Club!

Entertained by ancient musicians, we reclined on our "couches" (i.e., the floor) and devoured a distinctly Roman meal, while discussing which foods are our favorites. Our history guide revealed a fascinating bit of Latinate trivia: the Romans REALLY liked pepper. Magistra H visited the club, teaching us the names for the panis, olivae, uvae, ova, and caseus which we were consuming. Then we celebrated Mother Mary's Birthday with highly sugary American-style cupcakes. The kids rounded out the successful club meeting by laughing uproariously while looking at books with pictures of the truly WAY Old Days.