CPS Visitors Share Colonial History Facts, Trains, and--- Dinosaur Dung!

Despite February's short length and uncooperative weather, CPS students have been busy! This month, CPS students have benefitted from several wonderful visitors, who have supplemented learning in history, science and more. Read about a few of this month's many highlights below.

This month, a new volunteer joined the third grade: Mr. Rick Peat, a former SEPTA electrician. Mr. Peat shared his transportation expertise with the school last week when he assembled a mini train track at school. Students enjoyed learning about the mechanics of trains, and seeing one in action!

First graders learn about trains from CPS volunteer, Mr. Peat.

Meanwhile, this month, the fourth grade has been delving into the exciting history of Colonial America and the American Revolution. CPS students had the opportunity to share their new knowledge with seventh graders from Germantown Academy, who visited last week. The seventh graders had recently taken a trip to Williamsburg, Virginia, where they got to see what Colonial America really looked like! The GA students wrote and illustrated books about their trip, and shared them with the fourth grade. 

CPS students collaborate with Germantown Academy students to learn more about Colonial America.

In second grade, students have been researching the fascinating world of dinosaurs. Today, they had the opportunity to touch, investigate, and study real dinosaur fossils! Mr. Malcolm Eldredge, who is an avid fossil-collector, visited the classroom to teach them about and show them a multitude of different animal fossils and objects. Students enjoyed studying cow bones, fish & dinosaur fossils, petrified wood, and a 13-foot long snake skin. As they learned about how bones can become fossils, students even passed around fossilized dinosaur dung!

The second graders loved using magnifying glasses to get a closer look at fossils.

Mr. Eldredge shows the class a dinosaur fossil that is several thousand years old!