Students created unique jars using a fun painting method! Students put the mason jars upside down and picked their favorite paint colors which all went into a cup. Then each student slowly poured the paint in a circular motion around the bottom of the jars so it flowed down, creating different designs and texture! Using all sorts of alternating colors, the jars turned out so vivid and colorful and students had a lot of fun creating them!
MNCS Elementary students in all grades have been working on their Batiking art projects. Students picked an initial and were told to create and personalize a designed frame around that letter that was unique to them. Batiking is the art of wax-resistant dye on fabrics to create beautiful and colorful designs. With this version of batiking, students used glue instead of wax and paint instead of dyes. The older students will be making something out of their batiking project such as a book cover, pillow, or whatever creative item students can think of! What a great project to learn a traditional method of dyeing fabrics from around the world and create something uniquely beautiful!
The Art & Science group were learning and experimenting with polymers today and how they are apart of our everyday lives. The list of products that contain polymers is almost endless!
Anthony's Experience crew is out at Unimin everyday this week to clean up bird houses and get them ready for the 22-23 Rental Season. Looks like more fun than work! :)
Here are some photos from the Science and Art experience group. Yesterday they had fun with clay, today they were working on drawing with perspective!
After the Culinary Experience crew visited Hennepin Technical College they were onward to Minnesota Nice Cream, a small locally owned business in NE Minneapolis. Yuummmm!
On Monday the Culinary Experience crew visited Hennepin Technical college in Brooklyn Park to lean about their offerings, specifically the Culinary Education. Got up close and personal with Chef Tracy and were able to sample some treats the students were preparing.
Minneapolis Institute of ART! Several MNCS Elementary students were able to visit the Art Museum last Friday! Housing over 90,000 works of art and representing global exhibitions, history, fostering creativity, and inspiring our students as they explored the ART!
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On Friday a group of MNCS students participated in a Short Comics Workshop with artist/illustrator extraordinaire, Kat Baumann. Special thanks to Kat for being our teacher and to The Wooden Spoon in Mankato for hosting us.
Game On!!!! It's Gaming Night at MNCS High School - students are having a blast :)
Baby Chicks In Our Classroom!!
It was pure excitement in the Frogs classroom earlier this week when some baby chicks visited the students! An MNCS student did a chick-hatching project recently and students in the Frogs class were so excited to get to see the fluffy baby chicks, pet them, and hear their peeping chirp sounds. So cute!
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MARKET DAY!!!
Students in the Komodo Dragons class recently had the opportunity to learn how to run a business for Market Day! Students developed their businesses after discussing ideas and strategy. Many worked with a business partner brainstorming and developing what creative goods they would sell and how to produce them with the cost. Students made handmade crafts and worked on the project for a month before presenting for Market Day last Thursday! Students not only had the chance to sell items, but also to shop around with their classroom paper money. The products students created were amazing- ranging from selling wood-burned carvings, colorful coasters, jewelry/bracelets, boat crafts and hydro-dipping, and even slime! What a fun way to learn and immerse students into the world of entrepreneurship!
Educational Escape Room!!
The clock started, let the adventure begin! Students in the Critter's classroom participated in a classroom escape room right before spring break. Escape rooms are a playful and motivating learning method where students are able to develop and utilize skills such as logic, communication, and TEAM SPIRIT! Students solved the puzzle, completing the challenge in time and was a fun way to learn and think outside of the box!
Just in time for SPRING...MNCS Elementary student with a BABY CHICK!! One of our students did a school chick-hatching project which involved fertilized chicken eggs in a classroom incubator. It was amazing to see how the chick hatched, pecking its way around the shell and the process of the life cycle! This was such an awesome project for observing a real-world aspect of biology!
ENCORE!!! More pictures from the recent "Wizard of Oz" performance this past week! Congratulations to everyone on a wonderful show!
What a show!! MNCS Elementary performed "The Wizard of Oz" last Friday with Prairie Fire Children's Theatre. We thank all of our students for their hard work, our student's families who helped throughout the process, and our MNCS staff and community members! Everyone helped to make it a special day of performances to remember!
Update!! The Leprechaun visited the Frog Class after they made traps last week. Unfortunately, they did not catch him! The Leprechaun did leave a trail of green sparkles in his path and was such a fun project for students! The legend lives on...maybe next year!😁☘️
The MNCS Archery Team traveled to Becker MN for the MN South Region 3 NASP Tournament on March 19th. Three students PR'd and Emmett Ische got 3rd Place out of 121 high school boy archers.
Congratulations to Emmett and all of our athletes who participated!
