EL AMOR GANA: ~Under the Sea~

Remember last year's theme "In the Rainforest?" Well this year, it was all about being "Under the Sea!" We had a special guest visitor who is a scuba diving instructor and he brought in his equipment and let us try it on and showed us some real pictures of the reefs around Colombia. My students have been completely absorbed by this experience...pun intended =)

Juan Pablo and Samuel were playing and were saying, "Oh No!! We ran out of air! AHHH!"

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming swimming swimming...

Here it is! We are ready for our presentations!

Liana Moguel helps out a lot in the classroom and she came to do a presentation on pollution. Each bag contains something that can pollute the earth and sea. She also showed us what oil does to water and how it gets on birds feathers. Colombia is currently in the middle of a big push on Reduce Reuse Recycle, and ECA has already received recognition in our area for recycling!

4th Graders...Last year they got to do the rainforest, and this year they were on the other side of it! They loved the Sea. To get into the classroom, they had to hold their breath until they got inside the "bubble." We watched a clip from Finding Nemo that shows the coral reef and all it's color, then they got to see how many sea animals they knew in the power point presentation. After that, 3rd graders read a few reports on the animals they studied, and I sprayed all the visitors with water! Everyone got a little cup of sea water (powerade) with a candy fish to swim inside. While they explored the sea to find all the animals, I played the "Under the Sea" song from the Little Mermaid...it was great!