First Graders Learn and Implement the Scientific Method

First graders made observations, wrote hypotheses, experimented and came up with theories about how many drops of oil were needed to pop a kernel of popcorn in the shortest amount of time. Check out these budding scientists!

Second Graders Preparing for Junior First Lego league.

Second graders are researching honey bee habitats and looking at how various animals face similar threats to the honey bee. They decided to research about honey badgers. One of the biggest threats that many animals face is human recklessness. In preparation for the tournament, students are writing programs and designing projects that depict the habitat they are researching using the Lego Wedo kits.

Fourth Graders compete in FLL tournament

Congratulations to our fourth graders for their hard work and participation in the 2016 FIRST Lego League competition at Brittany Woods middle school in University City! 

Fourth Graders Need Your Help!

Looking for a great way to get some exercise while helping out our Ladue elementary students and local animal rescue organizations? It's free, it's easy, all you have to do is download a free app, walk by yourself, walk with friends or walk with your dogs. The app will keep track of your miles and on November 4th, let me know how far you walked. The kids will add your name to the back of their display board for their competition! For more information, check out their project by clicking on the link below...
https://quik.gopro.com/v/OnVz7b0NOF/

Second and Third Graders Research Amazon Rain Forest Animals

Check out some of the characters in our upcoming stop motion movie on the Amazon Rain Forest. Stay tuned for our debut of Rainforest Rescue.  A short animated film about the rain forest animals coming together to save their home and teach humans about the importance of preservation.

First Graders are Preparing to Be Scientists!

First graders work to classify objects and create categories for similar objects and shapes.

Solving Missions for First Lego League

Getting Ready for First Lego League!

We are very excited to get started on the 2016 Animal Allies challenge for First Lego League. Students are putting together the Mission models and getting our Lego board ready for competition. Our robot is built and ready to solve some challenges and we are super excited to learn and grow together.

Learning about Land Mass

Second graders created pie graphs after studying the land mass of the seven continents. Some of them got pretty creative with their pie graphs…

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The gifted support network is a great resource for parents. Check out their website which includes speaker series, enrichment classes and parent discussion groups:
http://www.giftedsupportnetwork.org/

Welcome to the 2016-17 School Year

Looking forward to a SUPER FUN 2016 - 17 school year! Hope everyone had a relaxing summer because we are about to learn so many new things together! Feel free to check out the updated OB Idea Lab days and times Here. See you next week.

Gonna miss these awesome 4th graders!

Learning Latitude and Longitude

Second and Third graders start their Europe Unit learning about the lines of latitude and longitude. We created a giant sized map to walk the lines and learn about locations of various countries.

Equations Club Competes in Academic Challenge Cup

Congrats to our teams that competed at the Equations Tournament at UMSL on March 2. Team, 'Haz No Chance' won one of top three highest scores! Congratulations to Aaron for taking one of the top three individual scores. Great job to all the students who participated this season!

Way To Go Second and Third Grade Jr. FLL Teams!

Congratulations to all the teams that participated in the Jr. First Lego League Competition on Saturday. Students did a great job representing Old Bonhomme! Way to go teams! They won the following recognitions:

Second Grade Team, Techy Techy Terminators:
Gracious Professionalism Award

Second Grade Team, Paper Savers:

Presentation Sensation Award

Third Grade Team, Sticky Survivors:

Caring for the Planet Award

Second Grade, Team Masters of Plastic

Clear Communicators Award

Second Graders Prepare for Jr. First Lego League

The Techy, Techy Terminators and the Masters of Plastic are researching how electronic waste and plastic waste are managed. They are completing their Lego robotics board writing programs using the WeDo software. We had a guest speaker from the St. Louis Department of Health and she taught the kids about MRF, Material Recovery Facilities, and various types of recyclables are sorted. Check out this video to learn more:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CFE5tD1CCI

Popcorn Plant!

We germinated popcorn kernels to see what would happen! During our experiment we watched the seeds develop roots and sprout leaves. Today we transplanted our baby plants and recorded their growth in our journals.