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Hanukkah Science and History, Dreidels and Buddies!

Chag Samach First Grade!

The best part of my job is the cross-curricular freedom I have to integrate the Chagim (The Jewish holidays)into the science curriculum. Hanukkah was not spared and we had a science lesson based on light and fire. We watched the following video then we went outside and tested two of the experiments from the video.

Here is the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEF-oX2xpXE 

* I did not show all of the video as we would have run out of time, so feel free to do some cool Hanukkah Science at home.

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Here we are using a model moon and a lamp and observed the moon’s shadow as it moved around the sun. We even re-created a lunar eclipse!

Our Buddies came to visit!

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In Ivrit (Hebrew), students listened to the Hanukkah story then worked together to sequence the story through pictures, solved Hebrew Hanukkah riddles and played with Sivivonim (Dreidels).

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And finally, Ella and her dad just sent me this amazing discovery in Israel of a tiny Menorah found on a glass fragment that I just had to share with all of you. A Perfect way to end the festival of lights this year.

Thanks so much Ella and Adam!

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Antiquities-Authority-finds-1600-year-old-glass-bracelet-with-menorah-inscription-385497

Enjoy the vacation and can’t wait to see all of you when we return!