_WOW what a busy month it has been! There has been A LOT of science going on! A big thank you to everyone who helped make the Science Fair a BIG SUCCESS! Our future ACE Scientists and Engineers did a fantastic job presenting their projects to our expert judges! Other exciting moments of the Science Fair included the Kindergarten & 1st grade Challenge Table, South East HS Robotics Team with their robot throwing Frisbees, the awesome green screen Photo Booth where students could pick their special background to remember this awesome night, Raleigh Astronomy Club with their telescope, Wake County Recycling, NCSU Turtle Rescue Team with their special turtle guests, and Durant Nature Preserve with tadpoles, and frogs! It was a night to remember! If you missed it, no worries we are already thinking about NEXT YEARS event and how to make it even better!
Big Sweep Clean Up 4/23 9-11:30! Come join families and staff of Abbotts Creek ES on Saturday April 23rd 9am-11:30am (Day after Earth Day!) to help protect our watershed by cleaning up litter along the Falls Lake Trail! Please dress for the weather, wear sturdy shoes, and bring a pair of gloves if you can! Trash bags, data cards, volunteer certificates, and a few thank you PRIZES will be provided thanks to the Wake County Soil and Water Conservation. We will tally what type of trash and recyclables we collect to submit to the National Big Sweep organization and will also try to use that data in our OWN watershed studies! *** Please meet at the Falls Lake Trail on Raven Ridge Rd at 9am for safety meeting and instructions. **** Volunteers also needed to help bring trash & recycle bags to the convenience center on Durant Rd. (Trucks preferred). Let us know you are coming!! http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080944abab22a20-abbotts
Hot Sauce Update! As many of you may have heard, our special rehab turtle Hot Sauce went for his check up over spring break. The NCSU Turtle Rescue Team was very pleased with how well he has healed and how healthy he is! They have decided to place Hot Sauce in a special tracking program that will start in early May. We will be getting updates with electronic maps showing where Hot Sauce is traveling to within his habitat! The kids are excited! Since we have done such a great job helping Hot Sauce, they have decided to give us another injured turtle to help rehab until the end of the school year! ACE Science welcomes Scarlet O'Hara to our classroom! Scarlet O'Hara is an aquatic Painted Turtle. She was hit by a car early spring and her shell needs time to heal.
Thanks to all the families who made and donated Bluebird boxes, and help fund the mounting poles! Our boxes were only up for a week and we already had a pair of Bluebirds move in! Real Estate moves quickly on the ACE Campus! K-3rd grade were able to be part of Cornell Lab of Ornithology Nest Watch Program and see up close the Life Cycle of our Bluebirds! I don't think there was one child who did NOT smile when they saw the baby Bluebirds up close. These were very special moments for all of us!
How much trash do we make at Abbotts Creek in 1 yr? Approximately 1,260 bags worth! K-3rd are learning about our waste stream, and brainstorming ways we can reduce the amount of trash sent to the landfill. They have been coming up with some amazing ideas! Don't be surprised if they start asking you to pack their lunches in containers instead of ziplock bags! We are also learning how we are helping keep food waste out of the waste stream by feeding our vermicomposting worms every Wednesday left over fruits & veggies from our lunches. Students have been able to look at our worms up close under our special computer microscope, and learn how healthy our worm bin is! We even got to see worm cocoons! 2nd grade learned all about the worm life cycle and how different it is from other organisms. Thankfully we have been able to find every stage in our worm bin!
5th grade has begun our Shad in the Classroom Program! They have been learning about this special restoration program that we are part of and practicing counting/moving fish eggs (pearled couscous) in petri dishes. We are learning about water quality, how important it is for sustaining life and taking our own water quality readings of our recirculating tank. Students are measuring pH, Alkalinity, Ammonia levels and Water Hardness levels on a daily basis! Our eggs are coming 4/25 and we will be releasing the Frye into the Neuse River on 4/29! WE are all VERY EXCITED!!!!
Big Sweep Clean Up 4/23 9-11:30! Come join families and staff of Abbotts Creek ES on Saturday April 23rd 9am-11:30am (Day after Earth Day!) to help protect our watershed by cleaning up litter along the Falls Lake Trail! Please dress for the weather, wear sturdy shoes, and bring a pair of gloves if you can! Trash bags, data cards, volunteer certificates, and a few thank you PRIZES will be provided thanks to the Wake County Soil and Water Conservation. We will tally what type of trash and recyclables we collect to submit to the National Big Sweep organization and will also try to use that data in our OWN watershed studies! *** Please meet at the Falls Lake Trail on Raven Ridge Rd at 9am for safety meeting and instructions. **** Volunteers also needed to help bring trash & recycle bags to the convenience center on Durant Rd. (Trucks preferred). Let us know you are coming!! http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080944abab22a20-abbotts
Hot Sauce Update! As many of you may have heard, our special rehab turtle Hot Sauce went for his check up over spring break. The NCSU Turtle Rescue Team was very pleased with how well he has healed and how healthy he is! They have decided to place Hot Sauce in a special tracking program that will start in early May. We will be getting updates with electronic maps showing where Hot Sauce is traveling to within his habitat! The kids are excited! Since we have done such a great job helping Hot Sauce, they have decided to give us another injured turtle to help rehab until the end of the school year! ACE Science welcomes Scarlet O'Hara to our classroom! Scarlet O'Hara is an aquatic Painted Turtle. She was hit by a car early spring and her shell needs time to heal.
Thanks to all the families who made and donated Bluebird boxes, and help fund the mounting poles! Our boxes were only up for a week and we already had a pair of Bluebirds move in! Real Estate moves quickly on the ACE Campus! K-3rd grade were able to be part of Cornell Lab of Ornithology Nest Watch Program and see up close the Life Cycle of our Bluebirds! I don't think there was one child who did NOT smile when they saw the baby Bluebirds up close. These were very special moments for all of us!
How much trash do we make at Abbotts Creek in 1 yr? Approximately 1,260 bags worth! K-3rd are learning about our waste stream, and brainstorming ways we can reduce the amount of trash sent to the landfill. They have been coming up with some amazing ideas! Don't be surprised if they start asking you to pack their lunches in containers instead of ziplock bags! We are also learning how we are helping keep food waste out of the waste stream by feeding our vermicomposting worms every Wednesday left over fruits & veggies from our lunches. Students have been able to look at our worms up close under our special computer microscope, and learn how healthy our worm bin is! We even got to see worm cocoons! 2nd grade learned all about the worm life cycle and how different it is from other organisms. Thankfully we have been able to find every stage in our worm bin!
5th grade has begun our Shad in the Classroom Program! They have been learning about this special restoration program that we are part of and practicing counting/moving fish eggs (pearled couscous) in petri dishes. We are learning about water quality, how important it is for sustaining life and taking our own water quality readings of our recirculating tank. Students are measuring pH, Alkalinity, Ammonia levels and Water Hardness levels on a daily basis! Our eggs are coming 4/25 and we will be releasing the Frye into the Neuse River on 4/29! WE are all VERY EXCITED!!!!