St. Patrick's Day

Staying true to tradition, our class capitalized on the celebration of St. Patrick's Day to connect it to our learning. The past few days we read informational text about the Irish Potato Famine of the 1800s, and how it brought the first wave of poor emigrants to the USA. Perhaps without the famine, we may not be dressed in green today! Students selected the top 6 events from the seven page article to create a cartoon strip. Math and science involved calculating the percent of a potato that is the pulp, after it is peeled. Our class determined that 87.1% of a Russet potato from Idaho is the pulp. This afternoon we will use science to turn copper pennies to gold! Actually, we will learn about alloys and create a brass penny that looks gold.