Thursday, January 16, 2014

Whatcom Museum - Vanishing Ice

The Whatcom Museum has a wonderful exhibit called Vanishing Ice at the Lightcatcher. (Good news! It's just been extended through March 16. Don't miss it!) We were excited to experience it because it integrates so many of the topics we are covering this year: 
  • Art: water color, photography, scale, perspective 
  • Science: the water cycle, watersheds, climate change, being good stewards of the environment, salmon, oceans
  • Literacy: reading and thinking about a topic, detailed writing about an experience, creating a story based on a piece of art, writing one's opinion
Thanks to students Ellis, Kyle, Izabelle, Silas, Sebastian, and Evyn for taking many of the photographs you see here!

All our students are working on creating slideshows of the day. I will choose a few to showcase here whe nthey are ready! Come back soon to check them out!









Wow! What's the story here?
How is climate changing around the world? What can WE do about it? 

Wow! Look at all those caribou! How will they continue to migrate if the ice disappears or if frozen rivers like this one thaw making it hard to cross? 




Time to make our own art! 





My favorite part of the field trip is creating art. We used water brushes and normal brushes to paint. There was different techniques like wet on wet and dry on dry. We had crayons in a light brown basket because we can draw on our piece of paper then we can paint over it. The black chairs that could move was very comfy, but every time I tried to stay in one spot, I just kept moving around. We made majestic artwork. -Charlize

 We would like to say thank you to the donors and the foundation who made it possible for us to attend this field trip free of charge. It was a fantastic experience.   

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  1. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2014 at 1:33 PM

    Dear Mr. Pahl,
    I really like how everyone was working really hard. It seems like they had fun. I wasn’t there, sadly. I missed a really fun trip. There will be more though. The art work looks really nice everyone.
    From,
    Tori

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    1. AnonymousFebruary 4, 2014 at 12:43 PM

      Dear Tori,
      I agree with you, lots of people were working and we had lots of fun. I really wished you were there though.
      Sincerely,
      Charlize

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    2. UnknownFebruary 4, 2014 at 12:49 PM

      Dear Tori,

      I wished you had been able to go, too. But don't worry, it hasn't vanished yet! The museum has several Saturday dates coming up where admission is only $3! They have lots of great activities, too. You should try to check it out.

      From,
      Mr. Pahl

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2014 at 1:33 PM

    Dear Mr.Pahl.
    I loved the thin ice painting because seeing all that art tells a story. Thank you so much!!!

    From Cam!

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2014 at 1:35 PM

    Dear Chris Brewer,
    Thank you for paying for our wonderful field trip. Before you came to our class I didn't even know bergy bits and growlers even existed! Thanks so much, we learned a lot and I’m pretty sure all of us enjoyed it.
    Sincerely,
    Charlize

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2014 at 1:37 PM

    Dear Mr. Pahl,
    That place was really fun. Go to that place to learn about ice. If you want to.
    ,
    From,Micah

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2014 at 1:44 PM

    Dear Mr.pahl,
    thank you for letting us go on the field trip to the vanishing ice museme. I had a lot of fun.
    sincerley Ellis,

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2014 at 1:44 PM

    Dear Mr. Pahl,
    That museum was really fun. Go to that place to learn about ice. If you want to.

    From,Micah

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 4, 2014 at 12:41 PM

    Dear Whatcom Museum,
    Thanks for the field trip! We learned so much and had so much fun! My favorite part was painting pictures, and the art was incredible. Thanks for letting us go there!
    Sincerely,
    Charlize

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    1. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2014 at 12:51 PM

      Dear Charlize
      I agree with you. The field trip was really fun. The art work we all saw was amazing. My favorite painting was the one with the big ice-berg and all the little penguins hanging out and jumping of the edge. I also liked the painting of the really thin piece of ice with the sun shining right through it. I really loved our field trip to the museum because we all learned about how we could save the ice from disappearing. I hope we can go back there soon!
      Sincerely, Amaya

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2014 at 12:48 PM

    Dear class,
    The art In the Art Museum was stunning. Don’t you think? I love doing art. In fact it is my favorite subject!
    From Asher,

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