This fall students in seventh & eighth grade participated in a science class that explored density and viscosity. Our class started with viewing a short video on density with water, oil and syrup. Students were then asked to come up with ten questions they had and then narrowed them down to the best three. Students shared their Read More >>
Mystery Powders
Starting in September 2019, all the fourth and fifth grade students were part of a “Mystery Powder” unit. The unit started with the shocking news of a “robbery” at the Temple up the road! Left at the scene of the “crime” was a white powder as the only evidence. All the students were engaged in Read More >>
Bees
Last year our Student Teacher began a study of bees with some of our students. They used a multi-disciplinary approach using some reading, making a 3D model of the external parts of the bee, and writing a Haiku about bees. This year we did a short unit to finish up our look at bees Read More >>
Animal Classification
This year we were very fortunate to get a donation of a program called ZOO TO YOU which brings the zoo animals and personnel to our school every other month for the year. As a team we began to think about how to make the most of these experiences. We decided to build off of Read More >>
Wildflower Romp
Our younger students joined other children on a Wildflower Romp at DeWitt Library in early June. They explored the meadow behind the library that is full of many kinds of wildflowers and were encouraged to pick all the flowers they wanted. With an assortment of art supplies available, the children used their flowers to create Read More >>
Density and Viscosity
This spring students in eighth grade participated in a science class that explored density and viscosity. Our class started with viewing a short video on density with water, oil and syrup. Students were then asked to come up with ten questions they had and then narrow them down to the best three. Students then shared Read More >>
A Study of Honeybees
This spring, the students in grades 3-6 engaged in an exploratory study of honeybees that touched on their physiology, role in the natural environment, and current threats affecting their population today. We read from Gail Gibbon’s The Honey Makersto acquire some background knowledge of the life cycle of honeybees, conducted a honey tasting to analyze Read More >>
Animal Cells
This four week for our oldest students unit looked at the structure and function of a typical animal cell. The animal cell’s organelles were described and discussed. Students constructed a large model of an animal cell, working in class and independently in pairs on their contracts. Students watched a PBS short and discussed the Read More >>
Spectra: Energetic Escape!
Students enjoyed four activities that explored friction, kinetic and potential energy and how energy is transferred. In each experiment students considered a key question and after setting up an experiment they collected data. The data was graphed and analyzed. In Fiction Fun they considered what affects the force of friction. Here students set up an Read More >>
Layers of the Earth
This spring, students in grades 2-4 participated in a unit on the layers of the Earth. We read The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth, by Joanna & Bruce Cole to gather baseline information about layers within the Earth. We began this unit by creating clay model representations of the different layers found within the Read More >>
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