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What happens when scientists collaborate?
You know how sometimes, when a great idea hits the air everyone in the room can feel it? Well that happened to us some time ago…
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Seed Stories
From the beginning of the school year, we noticed the children in Opal 1 were very interested in the idea of protection. As they played,…
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Finished landscapes!
Our last post described the process of creating landscapes based on Opal 3's research of five Native American tribes of Oregon. Below you will see…
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Creating our homelands
Opal 3 is diving into its study of Oregon history by immersing themselves in the study of five tribes of Native Americans living along the…
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Supporting a Friend
Children in Opal 1 entered the room Monday morning with smiles and squeals of delight as they began reconnecting with friends after a week off…
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Capturing the Arboretum
Lately we have been exploring the Arboretum with a different lens. We have been looking closely at it and the spaces within it and really…
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The TWELVE Good Things About Our Tree
Our tree, after a few weeks, is still missing. We are reminded of this when we strain our eyes to see if we can see…
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What is happening to the bulbs?
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all…
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2 events this month
Monday, March 5, Please join Portland City Club for an important discussion: Our feature film will be Robert Compton's "The Finland Phenomenon: Inside the World's…
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Research Homework #2
Opal 3 Research Homework Week Two - Due Monday, February 27 One of the intentions of our Social Studies work in Opal 3 this year is…
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