Spiders, Spiders, Everywhere!

We are finished our spider unit! For the next week the students will be researching and writing a mini report on a spider of their choice! The grade 1's are very excited as this is their first BIG writing task! 

This week we learned about the life cycle of a spider, spider webs and we read various spider stories! 

Life cycle of a spider.

We learned that their are many different types of webs! 

We made spider webs out of glue and glitter! 

We did a science experiment...

Why do bugs stick to spider webs, but spiders don't? 

We first acted as the bugs and touched sticky tape, then we put oil on the tape! We found that the oil caused our fingers not to stick. 

That is why a spider doesn't stick to it's web because it has oil on its feet! 

We made spider webs out of pretzels and white chocolate! YUM! 

We read ARGH Spider! Then we discussed if a spider would make a good pet, and why it would be a good pet! 

It was a fun filled week in K/1/2!