Another rite of passage at Manchester Park Elementary…the 3rd grade Planet Report!  Since I’ve supervised 3 projects now, I may be an expert on the planets of the solar system even though I really don’t like Science.  Did you know that Venus is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty, is Earth’s twin, and one of the brightest planets in the sky?  Sorry kids, I’m not a Science expert but I’m trying!

Drew did all of his research by himself on Venus, created a power point presentation and painted a canvas all in the midst of Spring Break.  Ok, I may have broken down and typed a little of it for him.  Have you ever watched a 3rd grader type!?  Whew…it tries your patience. Art is definitely not his favorite subject so channeling his inner Michelangelo was a bit of struggle!  But, in the end, he did a really great job…

Each student also presents their report to the class.  Yikes…this is a daunting task to most people let alone a 3rd grader, right!?  Way to go Drew Boo, that A+ is well deserved!

Finally, to celebrate, the class had a Space Party today!  I basically demolished one of Reece’s headbands to create this alien headband last night (sorry Reece, I’ll get you another one!).  He  wore a yellow & white shirt (the color of Venus), took cheese balls and donut holes for a ‘spacey snack’ and light up balloons for decorations while watching a space movie.  Lucky kiddos!

Just for fun, lets flashback to Jake’s report on Uranus:

and Morgan’s very realistic paper mache model of Mars:

Pretty impressive, my cute little 3rd grade scientists!

P.S. Papa wants all of you guys to love Science and be really successful so you better pay attention in class!  No pressure 😉