More on Molluscs

In Grade 4 science the students have started the year observing some common animals and thinking about what it means to talk about relatedness.  So, they have spent some time looking closely at two kinds of land snails we have in the science room.  We have both the large African snails and some common English garden snails. 

During one of our recent classes the fire alarm sounded and we were out of the classroom for 15 minutes or so.   When we got back we found that the snails had ventured out to explore around the notebooks and down the table legs.  So, some of the students had to be very inventive to be able to finish writing their observations while the snails chewed away at the paper in the notebooks.   

Here are some recent observations from Gr 4 student notebooks -