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Oak TK students present ‘deeper learning’ seagull inquiry after eggs begin to pip
Summary
Transitional kindergarten students at Oak Elementary showed a year-long inquiry project observing a pair of seagulls ("Jackie" and "Shadow"), describing vocabulary and documented observations as eggs began to pip; parents and the teacher outlined connections to state TK foundations and upcoming classroom activities.
Oak Elementary’s transitional kindergarten class demonstrated a year‑long inquiry project on deeper learning to the Los Altos School District Board on March 3, showing how students documented the nesting and hatching of two local seagulls nicknamed Jackie and Shadow.
Teacher Miss White described how the class used livestream observations to form questions—“How many eggs… How long until they hatch?”—and co‑constructed text and charts tracking the birds. Miss White told the board the class began watching the webcam in January and logged that the first egg was laid around Jan. 22; by March 3 students observed pipping and early hatching activity.
The presentation tied classroom activities to the state preschool/transitional…
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