Did You Say, Rats?

Preparing for Our Research Field Trip to the Public Library 

"What does the word research mean?" -CC

"I know what it (research) means. It means like study a thing.
​It means like to study something." -Jack 

What Questions do You have about Rats:
What are we wondering about? What more do we want to know about rats?

Creating Notebooks as a Research Tool

A prerequisite to research is having the tools to obtain and document the information and data collection. Even better is activating your hands in a creative process and taking ownership in providing the necessary materials to record the research. So we made notebooks. Clipboards will otherwise be provided. The children took this project as seriously as the "rat problem" and the  investigative research, itself! 

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"I don't even know if they (the library) have study books,
even though I've been there before.)"  -Nora

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SOME PRIOR WORK:

Glazing Our Clay Rats

Before our spring recess, our clay rats had been fired (many of you may have seen them in the classroom when you were in person for parent teacher conferences.) and were waiting patiently to get their glaze "fur" coats. We knew we wanted some gray glaze for our rats. With this in mind, we asked Audrey to order extra black and white glaze for the children to mix, but it turned out that we had to wait extra long for the black glaze to arrive. Earlier this week, we were able to bring more detail and life to our rats by adding color to them. We look forward to seeing and playing with them once fired!

Engaging the Imagination through the languages of Dramatic Play and Construction

"Why do we need a doctor's office?" -Jack

​"It's because we were playing rat doctor and we didn't have a doctor's office. So we were going to play rat doctor inside the doctor's office after we make it." -Sylvie
"My answer is, but when we build the rat doctor how big could it be?" -Maxon
"I already told you guys. So I already told you guys so all the people who are playing rat doctor can fit in at the same time." -Sylvie

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Rats on Leashes