STILL LIFE DRAWINGS: LIGHT AND SHADOW
March 8, 2000. A simple still life was set up, black bottle, gray cone,white block. Different forms of lighting were shown. Shadows, cast shadows, the light areas, middle gray areas were pointed out. The kids made a value scale of white to black with charcoal and then drew the still life. They were urged to use values from light to dark scale in their drawings.
Jessica		Chris

MIGRATION OF SAND CRANES AS SIGN OF SPRING
We studied the migration of the sandhill cranes that rest, feed, and fatten by the thousands on the Platte River in Nebraska during March. It is an annual migration for the cranes who are heading to the far north to nest.The presence of the sandhill cranes is a sure sign of the approaching spring. After our study we made origami cranes.
	For a picture of the cranes: http://rip.physics.unk.edu/Audubon/Rowe/   For info on cranes and their migration pattern: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/perm/cranemov/cranemove.htm http://159.189.96.215/perm/cranemov/cranemov.htm