May Newsletter & STREAM Project

Mr. J’s Learning Lab News

Vol. 2 Issue 10- May 2015

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THEME OF THE MONTH:  JURASSIC WORLD/ DINOSAURS

This month we begin our tenth theme of “Jurassic World”  featuring the fictional theme park full of prehistoric creatures.  We will be learning Art and Sciences including Natural leaf and sun prints, the science of DNA, Dinosaur Origami, How to draw/make scales/wings, jurassic lettering, time periods (cretaceous, jurassic, etc), and the future science of monorails, and gyrospheres .  We will be learning new songs for the Masterpiece Showcase finale.  The whole school will be learning the piano version of the “Jurassic Park Theme” by John Williams,  “I’m a Pterodactyl” from DinoStories & “Walk the Dinosaur” by Was (Not Was) and Queen Latifah.  

Final STREAM Projects - Research-a-saurus!

Mr. J is emphasising the Research portion of STREAM for this Month’s project.  First, you will pick a dinosaur you wish to learn more about.  You will then be using books and the science of the internet to learn about the dinosaur of choice, and fill out the attached STREAM Info sheet.  Finally, you will make a diorama model featuring your dinosaur of choice.  

Your projects will be due NO LATER than MAY 28th to receive credit for your final project.  

This STREAM project is OPTIONAL for FIRST and SECOND grade students since they have their SAT testing this month (they may turn in project for extra credit if they wish)

Here is a calendar for what we will be doing this month in the learning labs:

week 1-

MONDAY, MAY 4- Introduction to theme, new songs

TUESDAY, MAY 5- Dinosaur Origami

WEDNESDAY, MAY 6- Dinosaur Origami

THURSDAY, MAY 7- DNA Strands

FRIDAY, MAY 8- Mr. J is out, finish DNA Strands

week 2-

MONDAY, MAY 11- time periods, Jurassic lettering

TUESDAY, MAY 12- SAT Testing (Grades 1 & 2)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 13- SAT Testing (Grades 1 & 2)

THURSDAY, MAY 14- SAT Testing (Grades 1 & 2)

FRIDAY, MAY 15- SAT Testing (Grades 1 & 2), May Days- Pitch Perfect Music Day

week 3-

MONDAY, MAY 18- Leaf/Sun art

TUESDAY, MAY 19- Leaf/ Sun art

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20- Embracing Our Differences FREE Field Trip day, for those who turned in all STREAM projects this school year

THURSDAY, MAY 21- Splatter paint and scales

FRIDAY, MAY 22- May Days- Tomorrowland Futuristic Day, learn future science of monorails, and gyrospheres

week 4-

MONDAY, MAY 25- NO SCHOOL, MEMORIAL DAY

TUESDAY, MAY 26- Song rehearsals, make wings

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27- Song rehearsals, finish wings

THURSDAY, MAY 28- STREAM Projects DUE

FRIDAY, MAY 29-  Early Release, Final Masterpiece Showcase of the year, May Days- Blast from the Past day

Yearbooks! ORDER YOUR COPY BY MAY 6th!

Our school yearbooks are NOW on SALE!  Order forms went home last week with the Parent Memo, and extra forms are available at the Front Desk.  Monies are due by Wednesday May 6th, and the yearbooks will be at MSAS  by the last week of school.  We will have a special signing event when they arrive!

Embracing Our Differences/ The Ringling FREE Field Trip

Those students whom have turned in all their STREAM Projects will be invited to a special FREE trip to the EOD art exhibit at Island park in Sarasota, and an afternoon at the Ringling Art museum.  This year, Mr.J’s quote was selected as a finalist and is featured at the exhibit!  Permission slips will be given out to all eligible students, and the trip will take place Wednesday, May 20th.  

May Days!  Special Themed days in May!

We will be having special themed days in May for students who wish to participate.  Already on May 1st we had a great ShopKins day =)  Upcoming MayDays include:

May 15th- Pitch Perfect Music Day- Come dressed to school as your favorite musical Icon/pop star, and compete in an acapella and beatbox battle!

May 22nd- Tomorrowland Futuristic Day- Come dressed to school as a citizen of the future or someone from the fictional universe of Tomorrowland from Disney.  We will learn about future technologies like monorails and gyrospheres

May 29th- Blast from the Past day-  Celebrate the final masterpiece showcase day with fashions from any previous era as we go prehistoric with our finale & then have a Blast From The Past dance party!

Upcoming Events and Important Dates

May 4- Begin our JURASSIC WORLD theme involving Dinosaurs

May 12 to 15th- SAT Testing (Grades 1,2)

May 15- PITCH PERFECT MayDay

May 20- EOD/RINGLING STREAM Field Trip

May 22- TOMORROWLAND MayDay

May 25- NO SCHOOL Memorial Day

May 29- Early Release, Masterpiece Showcase, Blast from the Past MayDay

June 1- Begin our final theme of the year PIXAR’S InSiDe OuT

June 3- Early Release

June 4- Early Release

June 5- Early Release, LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!

STREAM PROJECT- Research-A-Saurus

Your name:

Homebase teacher’s name:

Your DINOSAUR is:

S- Science

List six scientific facts you learned about your dinosaur:

1. What time period did your dinosaur live in?

2. What did your dinosaur eat?

3. What is your creatures average life span?

4. Where did your creature live?

5. What did it use for protection against enemies?

6. What current creature may be related to it?

T- Technology

What technologies (Websites, book titles) did you use to find your information?

1.

2.

3.

R- Reading/Research

What are three interesting/bizarre facts you learned by researching/reading about your Dino?

1.

2.

3.

E- Engineering

Attach this FACT SHEET to your diorama/model of your dinosaur that you built/engineered

A- Arts

What do you find most visually appealing/artistic about the shape, etc. of your dinosaur's appearance?

1.

M- Math

What are the estimated measurements of your Dino?

Height-

Length-

Weight-

April Newsletter and STREAM report

Mr. J’s Learning Lab News
Vol. 2 Issue 9- April 2015
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 www.MSASLearningLabs.com

THEME OF THE MONTH:  ALIEN ART
This month we begin our ninth theme of “Alien Art” featuring many spaced-out creations made famous by movies, science fiction pop culture, and famous books (HOME, Dr. Who, Men In Black, E.T. etc.).  We will be creating and experimenting with Alien Art Artifacts in the Arts and Sciences Lab.  We will be learning three new songs for the Masterpiece Showcase finale on April 30^th – The school will be learning to sing and dance to blink 182’s “Aliens Exist”, dancing to AWOLNATION’s new song “Half Moon (Bad Wolf)” and singing Rihanna’s new song from the movie HOME titled “Towards the Sun”

Like last month, the Learning Labs schedule will be affected by our lovely new state testing.  Last month the 3^rd/4^th graders finished their FSA and now 5^th and 6^th grade will test in April.  This extended amount of “testing time” will continue to affect the whole school’s schedule throughout the month.   

Books used this month as references:

            “The True Meaning of Smekday” by Adam Rex (Book that inspired “HOME”)

            “Neon Aliens Ate My Homework and other Poems” by Nick Cannon 

STREAM Project- Alien Technology Creation

Mr. J is emphasizing the Science, Engineering, and Technology portions of STREAM for this Month’s project.  You will be using any alien species studied (from a famous book, movie, or your own creation) and create a piece of “Alien Technology” that the species may use.  Examples- a Plasma Ray, a Special communicator/translator of various languages, a serum to help grow plants/foods, a bubble fueled car (ala HOME), a glowing healing finger (ala E.T.) or a memeory eraser (ala MIB).

You will make a model of what the item may look like, and include a report sheet (attached) with the following information: Your Name, your teacher’s name, a 5W- (and an H) description of your “alien technology” artifact is, and how it helps the alien species (and even the human race)

This STREAM project is NOT SCORED for FIFTH & SIXTH GRADE since they have their FSA/FCAT 2.0 Science (5^th grade) testing this month.  Only K-4^th Graders will be scored for their projects this month, but grades 5/6 may turn in a project if they wish for extra credit.

Here is a calendar for what we will be doing this month in the learning labs:

This month we will have Art/Science Lab DAILY (Except on FSA/FCAT 2.0 testing days) This month our tech lab will be used for FSA CBT (Computer Based Testing)

week 1-
MONDAY, APRIL 6- Art/Sci- New Alien Songs, “Home”- 3D Oh
TUESDAY, APRIL 7- Art/Sci- New Alien Songs, “Home”- finish 3D Oh’s, Bubble Mobiles
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8- Art/Sci- Songs, Melted Wax Alien Heads
THURSDAY, APRIL 9-Art/Sci- Songs, Melted Wax Alien Heads 
FRIDAY, APRIL 10- Early Release (11:30)

week 2-
MONDAY, APRIL 13- 5^th Grade FSA
TUESDAY, APRIL 14- 5^th Grade FSA
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 – 5^th Grade FSA
THURSDAY, APRIL 16-Art/Sci- 5^th Grade FSA
FRIDAY, APRIL 17- 5^th Grade FSA

week 3-
MONDAY, APRIL 20- 5^th Grade FCAT 2.0 Science/ 6^th Grade FSA
TUESDAY, APRIL 21- 5^th Grade FCAT 2.0 Science/6^th Grade FSA
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22- 6^th Grade FSA
THURSDAY, APRIL 23- 6^th grade FSA
FRIDAY, APRIL 24- 6^th grade FSA

week 4-
MONDAY, APRIL 27- Songs, Alien Poetry and PomPom creation 
TUESDAY, APRIL 28- Songs, finish creations, Avengers Art    
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29- Songs, Rehearsals
THURSDAY, APRIL 30-  Masterpiece Showcase (12:15)

Yearbook time!  Call for photos and Cover Art Contest!

This month, Mr. J and the Yearbook club are working on creating this year’s book.  If you have any photos of special events, field trips, or showcases, please email them to artslearninglab@gmail.com

As mentioned in March, we are looking for submissions for our Yearbook Cover Contest.  Send in your colorful picture detailing themes used this year by April 8^th.  Forms were given out before Spring Break. 

First in Math- Most stickers contest continues!
Our school has a new Math game website “www.FirstInMath.com” from the creators of the “24” board game.  Each student has a unique username and password and will be able to access the site at school and home.  The site has math games, a skill set “gym” and other features.  Students must LEVEL UP by EARNING stickers.  Let’s see who can earn the MOST STICKERS on the site from March 1- April 20!

Moby Max State Test Prep Contest- HHHORAY to our WINNERS!
Congrats to our 30 students who finished their TEST PREP modules before the contest deadline!  They will have a special Pizza Party after all the testing is over!

Moby Max BADGES EARNED CONTEST
Our next contest will be who has the most BADGES earned on the site!  Log in and click on “Badges” to see how many you have earned, and compare your results on the Learning Labs Bulletin Board in the front office. 

TypingWeb Contest
Our next contest will be MOST WPM (Words Per Minute) average for students who have spent at least 60 minutes or more on the site practicing from March 1 - April 28.  When you log onto your Typing Web account you can practice your typing skills, play typing games, and then MAKE SURE to challenge yourself to the Typing Test!  See the Learning Lab bulletin board to see where you rank!

Upcoming Events and Important Dates

·         April 13- FSA testing begins for fifth and sixth grade

·         April 30- Masterpiece Showcase at school, 12:15 p.m.

EXPECT A NEW LEARNING LAB NEWSLETTER AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH MONTH

Next Month we get prehistoric with Jurassic world and Dinosaurs!

April S.T.r.e.a.m project report sheet

-        Please attach to your model of the “Alien technology” you create -

Student name:  __________________________________________________

HOMEBASE Teacher name:  ______________________________________

The 5 w’s :

Who is your alien species ?

Where are they located?

What is the piece of technology that they use?

When do they use it?

Why do they use it?

And the “h”

How does the piece of technology help the aliens (and possibly the human Race)?

Standards learned and graded this month are:

VA.K.F.1.1

Experiment with art media for personal satisfaction and perceptual awareness.

VA.K.F.1.2

Identify real and imaginary subject matter in works of art.

VA.1.F.1.1

Use various art media and real or imaginary choices to create artwork.

VA.2.F.1.1

Use imagination to create unique artwork incorporating personal ideas and selected media.

VA.3.F.1.1

Manipulate art media and incorporate a variety of subject matter to create imaginative artwork.

VA 4 F 1 Creating, interpreting, and responding in the arts stimulate the imagination and encourage innovation and creative risk-taking

VA 5 F 1 1 Examine and experiment with traditional or non-traditional uses of media to apply imaginative techniques

VA 68 F 1 4 Use technology skills to create an imaginative and unique work of art.

March 2015 Learning Lab Newsletter

Mr. J’s Learning Lab News
Vol. 2 Issue 8- March 2015
Visit our new NINTENDO-TASTIC, Mario-riffic, Poke-llent, Sylanderish website  @
 www.MSASLearningLabs.com

THEME OF THE MONTH:  NINTENDO CREATIONS featuring Mario Bros., Zelda, Sonic, Pokemon, and Skylanders

This month we begin our eighth theme of “NINTENDO Creations” featuring the many digital worlds designed by the famous Japanese company .  We will be learning the Art and Sciences it takes to create these worlds including making our own side-scrolling paper Mario games, Creating our own world Maps, and designing our own Pokemon and Skylander characters.  Students will also be using SCRATCH to learn about Coding and Game creations.  We will be learning four new Nintendo based songs for the Masterpiece Showcase finale in April (No Showcase in March as we will be in testing mode for the new FSA for third and fourth grade).  The whole school will be learning “Mario Theme (DUBSTEP MIX)” “Pokemon Theme (Johto Region)” “Sonic Colors: Reach for the Stars” & “Skylanders Trap Team Rap”

STREAM Projects - SCRATCH Creation!

Mr. J is emphasising the Technology portions of STREAM for this Month’s project.  You will be using the science of the internet to learn about coding.  Coding is what designers use for video games and websites.  MIT has created a child friendly site to learn about code and make your own creations/games.  This month students will work on the site and email Mr.J (ArtsLearningLab@gmail.com)  a link to their creation:

http://scratch.mit.edu/  THE MAIN SITE

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/412866/#editor A LINK TO A PREMADE MARIO GAME CREATOR

Learn more about code at: http://hourofcode.com/us  or http://code.org/

This STREAM project is OPTIONAL for THIRD & FOURTH GRADE since they have their FSA testing this month.

Here is a calendar for what we will be doing this month in the learning labs:

This month we will have Art/Science Lab DAILY (Except testing days) as the tech lab gets ready for FSA CBT (Computer Based Testing)

week 1-
MONDAY, MARCH 2- Art/Sci- Songs, Side Scrolling Games
TUESDAY, MARCH 3- FSA WRITING TEST (Grades 4,5,6)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4- Art/Sci- Songs, Side Scrolling Games
THURSDAY, MARCH 5-Art/Sci- Songs, Side Scrolling Games
FRIDAY, MARCH 6- Art/Sci- Songs, Side Scrolling Games

week 2-
MONDAY, MARCH 9- Art/Sci- World Map creations
TUESDAY, MARCH 10-Art/Sci- World Map creations
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11-Art/Sci- World Map creations
THURSDAY, MARCH 12-Art/Sci- World Map creations
FRIDAY, MARCH 13- Human Mario Creation (For students who earned it)

week 3-
MONDAY, MARCH 16-Art/Sci- Character creations
TUESDAY, MARCH 17-Art/Sci- Character creations
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18-Art/Sci- Character creations
THURSDAY, MARCH 19-Art/Sci- Character creations
FRIDAY, MARCH 20- Art/Sci- Character creations, Divergent:Insurgent Faction Test (For students who earned it)

week 4-
MONDAY, MARCH 23- FSA TEST (Grades 3,4)
TUESDAY, MARCH 24- FSA TEST (Grades 3,4)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25- FSA TEST (Grades 3,4)
THURSDAY, MARCH 26- FSA TEST (Grades 3, 4)
FRIDAY, MARCH 27-  NO SCHOOL- SpRiNg BrEaK 2015 begins!

First in Math- Most stickers contest continues!
Our school has a new Math game website “www.FirstInMath.com” from the creators of the “24” board game.  Each student has a unique username and password and will be able to access the site at school and home.  The site has math games, a skill set “gym” and other features.  Students must LEVEL UP to unlock bonus games and increase their rankings.  This year we are looking to see who can earn the MOST NEW STICKERS on the site from March 1- April 20!

Moby Max State Test Prep Contest- HHHORAY to our WINNERS!
Congrats to our 30 students who finished their TEST PREP modules before the contest deadline!  They will have a special Pizza Party after the testing is over!

Moby Max BADGES EARNED
Our next contest will be who has the most BADGES earned on the site!  Log in and click on “Badges” to see how many you have earned.

TypingWeb Contest
Our next contest will be MOST WPM (Words Per Minute) average for students who have spent at least 60 minutes or more on the site practicing from March 1 - April 20.  When you log onto your Typing Web account you can practice your typing skills, play typing games, and then MAKE SURE to challenge yourself to the Typing Test!  You can take the test as many times as you wish, and each time it will let you know how many words per minute you can type.

Upcoming Events and Important Dates

March 3- FSA Writing test (Grades 4,5,6)
March 23 to 26- Third & Fourth grade FSA TEST
March 27- Spring Break begins
April 6- School resumes with our Avenging Aliens theme (Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron and other Alien creations- Men In Black, Aliens in the Attic, E.T., Etc.)
April 13- FSA testing begins for fifth and sixth grade


EXPECT A NEW LEARNING LAB NEWSLETTER AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH MONTH

February 2015 Spongebob STREAM Project

DUE WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 25th, or turn it in early (by Tuesday, FEBRUARY 17th) for Extra Credit, SpongeBucks, and a prize!

Use your ENGINEERING AND ARTISTIC BRAIN WAVES to create a three-dimensional sculpture of any SpongeBob character by using only common household objects (Sponges, plastic silverware, paper towel rolls, etc) and any recyclable materials (paper, plastic, etc)

It could be a paper towel roll Plankton, a real kitchen sponge as SpongeBob, a recycled Patrick star, etc. Be as creative as you can be!!

Label it with your name, your home base teacher, your sculpture's name, and what/how many recycled items you used to make your creation.

Learning Lab Newsletter February 2015

Mr. J’s Learning Lab News

Vol. 2 Issue Seven February 2015

Absorb our SPONGEtastic new site @

www.MSASLearningLabs.com

THEME OF THE MONTH: SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS

This month we begin our seventh theme of “SpongeBob SquarePants” featuring the nautical nonsense of the hit TV show and movies. In science we will be doing various hands on projects as examples for some of the science (or lack thereof, I mean FIRE underwater???) featured on the show including bubbles, sponges, jellyfish, and more. In arts, we will have five thematic stations that will enable students to learn various art forms related to the world of SpongeBob including interactive games, stop motion photography, blending real/unreal art, and more. We will be learning three new songs for the Masterpiece Showcase finale on February 27th. The whole school will continue learning “GOLD” by Imagine Dragons (from our January theme) and incorporate two songs from the world of "SpongeBob SquarePants" (F.U.N. and I'm Ready)

STREAM Projects - Make your own SpongeBob character

Mr. J is emphasizing the ARTS and ENGINEERING portions of STREAM for this Month’s project. You will be using common household items and recycled materials to create your own three dimensional sculpture of a character of your choice from the SpongeBob universe. Projects are due by THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26th, but you will receive a SPONGEtastic prize and extra credit if turned in early by FEBRUARY 17th. Details on attached INFO SHEET and online at msaslearninglabs.com under the "STREAM projects" tab.

Here is a calendar for what we will be doing this month in the three learning labs:

week 1-

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2- Arts Lab- learn new songs, begin stations (see below)

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3- Tech Lab- work on 3 contests

WEDNESDAY, FEB 4- Sciences Lab- hands on bubble science

THURSDAY, FEB 5- Tech Lab- work on 3 contests (see description below)

FRIDAY FEB 6- Arts Lab- practice new songs, station selection #2, SpongeBob movie night at Oakmont 8 (time TBA)

week 2-

MONDAY, FEB 9- Arts Lab- practice new songs, station selection #3

TUESDAY, FEB 10- Tech Lab- Work on 3 contests

WEDNESDAY, FEB 11- Sciences Lab- Hands-on sponge sciences

THURSDAY, FEB 12- Tech Lab- work on 3 contests

FRIDAY FEB 13- Arts Lab for morning classes- Station selection #4, practice new songs, afternoon-

Peace Walk and Valentine's Dance

week 3-

MONDAY, FEB 16- NO SCHOOL- PRESIDENTS DAY

TUESDAY, FEB 17- tech lab

WEDNESDAY, FEB 18- Sciences Lab- Jellyfish and bubbles lab

THURSDAY, FEB 19- Tech Lab- Typing Web, Moby Max, FIM

FRIDAY, FEB 20- FOURTH GRADE NAEP TEST (National Assessment of Educational Progress) in morning, possible Arts Lab in afternoon- station selection #4

week 4-

MONDAY, FEB 23- Practice songs, final station selection #5

TUESDAY, FEB 24- Tech Lab- Work on 3 contests

WEDNESDAY, FEB 25- Sciences Lab- special spear throwing lab (for students who earned enough SpongeBucks) STREAM PROJECT TASKS DUE DATE!!

THURSDAY, FEB 26- Tech Lab- final day to work on 3 contests!!

FRIDAY FEB 27- Masterpiece Showcase! 12:15 p.m. @ Geckos Stage

SpongeBob stations being used in art lab this month:

Abstract sponge based art

Interactive games-3D, connect 4, etc

GoPro stop motion animation playsets (GloveWorld, FoodTruck)

Spongebob Lego creations

Real/surreal spongebob multilayer art projects

Learning Lab donations

This month the labs need some supplies to help us create hands on arts & sciences. If you can donate any of the following items, we will be as happy as SpongeBob and Patrick going Jelly fishing! Label any items with your name & earn SPONGEBUCKS for each donation. We currently need:

Kitchen sponges of any shape, size, color

Joy dishwashing soap

Bubble solutions of any size

Bubble wands, or items to make bubble wands, of any size

Acrylic paints of any bright colors

First in Math- 2015 contest- Most NEW stickers

Our school is continuing to use a new Math game website “www.FirstInMath.com” from the creators of the “24” board game. Each student has a unique username and password and will be able to access the site at school and home. The site has math games, a skill set “gym” and other features. Students must LEVEL UP to unlock bonus games and increase their rankings. This new calendar year we are looking to see who can earn the MOST NEW STICKERS on the site from January 8th to February 26!

Moby Max State Test Prep Contest

Our next focus on Moby Max is State Test Prep! Getting ready for the new FSA test (Grades 3-6) and

SAT (grades K-2), these modules are a great way to see what will be on your upcoming assessments. We are looking to see which students have the most progress and highest scores on both the modules for State Test prep: math and language by the end of February.

TypingWeb Contest

Our next contest will be the MOST WPM (Words Per Minute) average for students who have spent at least 60 minutes or more on the site practicing from January 8- February 26. When you log onto your Typing Web account you can practice your typing skills, play typing games, and then MAKE SURE to challenge yourself to the Typing Test! You can take the test as many times as you wish, and each time it will let you know how many words per minute you can type.

Upcoming Events and Important Dates

Feb 6- SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Night at Oakmont 8 (time TBA)

Feb 13- MSAS Peace Walk, and Valentine's Dance

Feb 16- No school, President's day

Feb 27- Next Masterpiece Showcase (12:15 p.m.)

March 2- New Nintendo theme begins

March 3- FSA Writing Test (Grades 4-6)

March 23 to 26- FSA Reading and Math test (Grades 3&4)

March 27-April 5 spring Break 2015

April 13 to TBA- FSA reading & math computer based testing (Grades 5&6)

April 20/21- FCAT 2.0 Science test (5th grade)

EXPECT A NEW LEARNING LAB NEWSLETTER AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH MONTH

Upcoming themes include:

March 2015- Nintendo (Mario Bros, Zelda, Pokemon, Skylanders, etc)

April 2015- Avengers (part 2- the AGE of ULTRON)

SpongeBob FEBRUARY STREAM PROJECT

DUE WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 25th, or turn it in early (by Tuesday, FEBRUARY 17th) for Extra Credit, SpongeBucks, and a prize!

Use your ENGINEERING AND ARTISTIC BRAIN WAVES to create a three-dimensional sculpture of any SpongeBob character by using only common household objects (Sponges, plastic silverware, paper towel rolls, etc) and any recyclable materials (paper, plastic, etc)

It could be a paper towel roll Plankton, a real kitchen sponge as SpongeBob, a recycled Patrick star, etc. Be as creative as you can be!!

Label it with your name, your home base teacher, your sculpture's name, and what/how many recycled items you used to make your creation.