Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Walking Across the Brooklyn Bridge!

Kindergarten had the opportunity to watch a video about how the Brooklyn Bridge was build and who it was built by. They were fascinated by the story.
The Brooklyn Bridge was designed by John Robeling, a famous engineer. Unfortunately, John Roebling did not live long enough to actually build the bridge. Early into construction, a collapse on the site crushed his toes, leading to a deadly tetanus infection. His son, Washington Roebling, was assigned to finish the job. But Washington Roebling ran into some bad luck, as well. He got a bad case of cassion disease while surveying the underwater cassions, and was bedridden for the remainder of the bridge's construction. His wife, Emily Warren Roebling, had to help him. She had studied engineering and higher math. She spoke to the workers on her husband's behalf, and passed messages between them.
The Brooklyn Bridge was designed by John Robeling, a famous engineer of the time.
Unfortunately, John Roebling did not live long enough to actually build the bridge. Early into construction, a collapse on the site crushed his toes, leading to a deadly tetanus infection. His son, Washington Roebling, was assigned to finish the job.
But Washington Roebling ran into some bad luck, as well. He got a bad case of cassion disease while surveying the underwater cassions, and was bedridden for the remainder of the bridge's construction. His wife, Emily Warren Roebling, had to help him. She had studied engineering and higher math, and so was able to provide critical assistance. She spoke to the workers on her husband's behalf, and passed messages between them.
Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge began in January of 1870 and the bridge opened on May 24, 1883.
We walked across this amazing bridge and talked about the different sights we saw a long the way. We even saw a helicopter landing on a helipad. What a great day!
















Math Review Centers

Though Kindergarten is constantly learning new things every day, it is always important to review things we learned a while ago to make ensure we remember it all! We have been learning about measurements and we recently introduced our new unit of time however the centers also included a review of addition and subtraction. We will continue this for the rest of the year!
















Shadow Slide Show!

Morah brought in a overhead projector to help further demonstrate how when an object blocks the path of light, it creates that image. Kindergarten used their sense of sight to figure out what object Morah used to block the light. Various items used were cups, scissors, blocks, glue bottles and more. The children also had the opportunity to come up and make their very own shadows.