Spring Learning Showcase - THIS Thursday (6:00-8:00 pm) @ Iowa Children's Museum

Willowwind’s Spring Learning Showcase is This Thursday, from 6:00 - 8:00 at the Iowa Children’s Museum.  K-6 teachers are thrilled to provide real-world opportunities for our students to showcase their hands-on learning experiences.  In order to provide our students authentic learning experiences, we are looking to our parents to become active participators in the evening’s events.  Below you will find engaging ways to participate in our interactive showcases.

OPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY:  Please bring one NEW cleaning supply, or pop tabs, Thursday night to donate to Kindergarteners’ Kindness efforts for the Ronald McDonald House.  A list of items needed can be found in the Weekly Note and posted in Willowwind’s Front Entry.  For your convenience, a drop off bin can also be found in Willowwind’s Front Entry throughout this week.  Thank you for your kindness!

6:15 - 7:00 K-2 Showcases

• Kindergarten:  Kindergarteners will facilitate Kindness Centers where visitors will be able to participate in hands-on activities that create opportunities to spread kindness throughout our Willowwind community and beyond.
• Location:  Upper Level - Celebration Room

• 1/2 Grade:  First/second graders will serve as guides in the motion exhibit where families are encourage to participate in the displays taking the guides’ lead while asking inquiry-based questions about balls, ramps, forces, and motion.  This allows students to showcase what they have learned about Newton’s Laws of Motion.
• Location:  Lower Level - Notion of Motion Exhibit

6:45 - 7:30 3-6 Showcases

• 3/4 Grade:  Third/fourth graders will share their Invention Convention projects, research, and prototypes.  Families are encouraged to act as active participants, asking inquiry-based questions which allows students to showcase what they have learned in creating their invention.
• Location:  Upper Level - Blue Room Imagination Playground

• 5/6 Grade:  Our 5/6th grade students will present the results of their Willowwind Science Fair experiments.  Families are encouraged to act as active participants, asking questions that allow students to showcase what they have learned by experiencing the Cycle of Scientific Thinking through a topic of their choice.
• Location:  Lower Level - Take Flight Exhibit

Please note that from 6:00 - 7:30 all Children’s Museum exhibits will be closed.  During this time, families are able to learn from Willowwind students as they utilize their presentation space within the museum.  The museum’s activities beyond our students’ showcases will remain closed until 7:30 for parent-supervised exploration of the museum.  Except when presenting, students must remain with their families at all times.

Finally, as a reminder, participation in this event is required for K-6 students.  If there is a prior event that stands in the way of your child’s participation please let your child’s classroom teacher know as soon as possible.  Please refer to your class’s prior blog post, handouts at the Front Desk and Willowwind’s Facebook page for more information.  See you soon and thank you for playing an active and important role in our students’ learning!