Oh.... The Places You'll Go!! 

Our 2nd grade Quest students have loved learning all about the world and the many different places you can visit. Students enjoyed our Postcard Project which allowed us to track all kinds of amazing places in the U.S.A. and other countries from surrounding continents. Throughout this unit of study, Quest students have had the opportunity to research a state and country of their choice as well as learn about the country flags. Students now know the continents and oceans by heart and have a passion for world travel. This has been an amazing unit of study that will continue to help our students grow in their education. 

Our Growing Garden 

We have been watering our garden and watching it grow. Soon we will have enough vegetables to harvest. We are excited to see how food is grown and how it changes quickly from a small plant to a large vegetable. It is great to see the excitement from the students when they realize how easy it is to grown their own healthy foods. 

Quest Stargazers 

Our Quest class had the amazing opportunity to view the night sky and observe some awesome sights that fill our sky each night. Students, along with their families were invited to PRCC's Star Party. Dr. John Grant and Bill Nix were there to guide us through the night. We were able to look through telescopes to view the craters of the moon, Saturn and it's beautiful rings and largest moon, and other phenomenal sights in the sky. The students and parents had a blast and learned so much about the night sky.

Garden News 

Our 2nd grade Quest classes have worked hard to get our fall and winter vegetables in the ground and ready for harvest within the next few months. Students have learned all about what it takes to care for plants and how to properly plant them so that they will be productive plants. We have planted kale, collards, cabbage, broccoli, and bok choi. These plants were started from seed and donated to us by Dr. John Braswell, retired horticulturist with MSU extension services. We are looking forward to observing the growth process and harvesting these healthy vegetables. After harvesting, we will prepare a feast for sampling how these vegetables can be a part of our everyday diet. 

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Infinity Science Center @ Stennis

As our Quest class comes to an end on our Mission Space Study, our love for outer space will never end. It has been an amazing journey where students have found a deeper love for learning about our solar system and everything beyond what our eyes can see. We were excited to wrap up this unit with an educational field trip to the Infinity Science Center at Stennis Space Station. Students were able to make great connections, work with hands on science experiments, and see a real rocket ship up close and personal. This was a great experience that we will never forget. Thank you to all of the families that helped make this unit of study even better than we could have ever imagined. We couldn't have done it without you all. Thank you!!!! 

Fly Me to the Moon 

Quest has had a blast learning about the moon and all of the phases the moon goes through as it travels around our Earth. Students learned that there are 8 different phases of the moon, and it takes 29 and half days for the moon to cycle through its phases. Here are some pictures from our moon phase experiment. After this experiment, students thought it would be amazing to go to the moon and walk around just like the first astronauts did on the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. 

Constellations 

Quest is excited to learn all about what is in the night sky. When we look up and see hundreds of stars, we wonder about many things. We are learning how to look at stars and name the constellations that we see. We are learning that some constellations can be seen in both the northern and southern hemisphere, while others can only be viewed during certain times of the year in either the northern or southern hemisphere. Here are some pictures of our constellations cards that we learned about and sewed.