Today we went to the Glenbow museum! When we got there we had to go put our lunches away in the lunchroom and then we went to Inuit: The land and people. While we were at the Inuit program, room 1 went to Tipis, Tales, and Teachings. At our Inuit program our teacher's name was Judy. We learned about the importance of caribou and seals to the Inuit and even got to touch real Caribou fur. We learned how to tell the difference between artifacts made from caribou bone and antler. Caribou bones are hollow and filled with marrow. The inuit eat the marrow because it gives them lots of important vitamins and helps them survive. Bones are also a single colour and smooth. Caribou antlers are solid inside and when you touch the inside it is a bit rough. After we had learned some new facts about the Inuit, we had a chance to look at some real Inuit artifacts. We each wore special white gloves when we were handling the artifacts so that the oils in our hands wouldn't damage them. We got to see a blubber pounder, a seal oil lamp, snow goggles, and a snow knife. We were able to identify all of them without any help from Judy thanks to our Inuit research books. Judy was VERY impressed with how much we knew about the arctic and the Inuit.
After lunch we went to our Tipis, Tales, and Teachings program with Sheldon. When we went into the Tipi room Sheldon told us some stories about tipis and the meaning of the designs. Then we had some time to explore the exhibits. Then we each had a chance to start designing our own tipis.
Thank you so much to the parent, and grand-parent volunteers who joined us today!
When we got back to school we had some book time and then we watched a bit more of the Lorax.
Our helper tomorrow is: Jessica
