Week of 3-18 to 3-22

6th-We will be working on completing our bird houses this week. We will be hanging them outside as soon as the weather cooperates and see if we can observe some birds that will nest in the homes. We are then beginning our chapter 16 material, animal behavior. We will discuss why animals behave as they do, as well as how they communicate with one another. 7th-This week we are discussing the uses of plants, distinguishing between vascular and nonvascular plants, oberving and classifying conifer leaves, as well as discussing characteristics of seed plants. 8th-This week we are designing a test to test for color blindness. We will be reviewing chapter 5 material with our test being held on Wednesday. We will then begin discussions of adapations over time and how animals have developed ways to cope with their environments.