Students, particularly in the primary years, are fascinated by sea life such as lobsters, crabs, and barnacles that live in our New England coastal zone (tide-pools). This rich curriculum provides wonderful opportunities for higher order thinking skills like compare and contrast as well as categorization. When walking down the stairs to enter first floor where the majority of the kindergarten and first grade classrooms are located, one encounters unused space. It is my hope to make this area a science zone. The theme in this area would be the different marine life zones in the rocky shore located in New England. We are hoping to put a mural up that the students would draw illustrating these different zones. Likewise, we are hoping to fill the area with artifacts related to the ocean. We are looking for donations such as lobster traps, buoys, or a small boat. The boat could not be bigger than 6 feet wide by 10 feet long and would need to be fiberglass. If you would like to make a donation, please feel free to contact me at jlyons@burlington.mec.edu.
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