R.J. Frank Students go birding at Parque Del Sol.

Linnea Hall and René Corado from the Camarillo Bird Museum were our naturalist guides for the day.  Today's bird's list includes;

Northern Mockingbird

Eurasian Collared Dove

European Starling

Yellow Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Western Tanager

Black-headed Grosbeak

Hooded Oriole

Allen’s Hummingbird

Anna’s Hummingbird

House Sparrow

Western Gull

California Gull

Warbling Vireo

Cedar Waxwing

House Finch

Turkey Vulture

Northern Rough-winged swallow

American Crow

 The orange crowned warbler is difficult to spot with the binoculars, but we could hear them singing.

Local radio station KCLU's Lance Orozco came out to the field trip for a radio story.

A turkey vulture flew overhead

Students learned to use binoculars (purchased with our STEAM grant) to look at sparrows.  They learned the males are more colorful than the females.

A dead bird was found hanging in a tree.  Linnea suggests that perhaps a hawk killed it, and then left the remains in the tree after snacking.

We listened to the crow's call after it landed.

CSUCI Students are visiting in room A-16 to discuss college and how to prepare for it.

Paper airplanes and the design process.

Students are testing their airplane designs by measuring the distance they travel.

Family Math Night At R.J.Frank Academy of Marine Science and Engineering

Families attempt to build the tallest structure they can from marshmallows and toothpicks. The structures were then placed on the earthquake simulator to see if they could withstand the shaking.  Measurement, and structural engineering, and seismology were explored in this activity.

The first Venier probeware activity involved using the temperature probes to measure temperature.

Families are building race cars that are powered by light. Students practiced inquiry through the concepts of mechanical engineering, photovoltaics, rates, distance and time.  And they had to read and follow directions!

Students engineered pasta race cars, They then measured distance and time to determine the rate of speed.

Students in the robotics class helped families build robot race cars.  The skills of mechanical and structural engineering and computer programming were needed to make a successful car.

In the Second Vernier activity, students used the GPS built in to the LabQuest to create geometric shapes on the display.