Discovery the Ingredients in Granite

Today Willows learned about Minerals, the ingredients in all rocks. Through close observations they discovered what makes Granite.

Buddies Share a Love of Reading

Buddies came to Willow today with a book they loved reading as a second grader. 

Tennessee Valley Field Trip

Today we visited Tennessee Valley with geologist and MCDS alumni parent Chip Koch. The weather was beautiful and Willows have a greater appreciation for our environment. They learned things like:

• tiny dead bugs form the outcrop of rocks that we saw
• the rock we saw was formed from an earthquake
• there are thousands of kinds of rocks
• the rock we examined is called Ribbon Chert
• the giant rock used to be 1000 feet under water
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Halloween Fun in Willow

Even though it was a rainy day at MCDS, Halloween was a blast. Special thanks to Stephanie, Nicole, David, Kate, Caroline, Gina, Claire, Elizabeth and Courtney who organized and led our Halloween party. From stories to skeletons to coffins to spiders to tissue paper flowers to tattoos, there were fun activities for everyone. Fun was had by all!