We are most grateful for this generous effort on your part. All of us thank you and hope your participation was rewarding for you as well. Sincerely, Debbie Brannon Food Closet Staff, Amherst Survival Center Hendrickson's Happenings Holiday break is very near and 5 th grade is working hard to finish numerous projects and our Food Chemistry Unit. We have looked at the importance of these nutrients and how you need them in your diet, but you don't want too much of them in your diet. During our tests we learned about the reason you have a control in an experiment and why it is important to be precise in your experiment.
Contamination is a word many students experienced first hand.
As always, this unit is a fun way for students to learn about the nutrients, the scientific method, and the precision with which scientists must work. We have also finished our literature book, Green Book by Jill Patton Walsh. We read this book as a class, and the students really enjoyed the suspense the author builds and her careful word choice that gives vivid detail to the book. We will be completing a map of Planet Shine before the holiday break. Students are working in pairs to create scenes from the book.