Students in the youngest group participated in classes to learn about the seven continents. Discussions and activities included information about the earth as a sphere and looking at a “flattened” Read More >>
Ancient China
Students in grades 7 – 8 studied Ancient China, first by researching one of its many dynasties: the Han, Song, Zhou, Shang and Tang Dynasties. They had to develop a Read More >>
Ancient Egypt Daily Life
During a two week timeframe, the youngest students were introduced to the daily life of ancient Egyptians, primarily looking at what life as a kid would look like. Before studying Read More >>
Book Club – The Giver
For five weeks, students read Lois Lowry’s “The Giver” for a small group book club. Meeting weekly, we discussed main ideas, themes, and made predictions for future chapters. Students learned Read More >>
Space
This spring, students in grades 2-6 participated in learning about space in their science class. In a mixed age group, we discussed what the word “astronomy” means and then had Read More >>
Art Studio
During my time here so far I have had the opportunity to take over some of the art studio days. Since this is such a short period during the day, Read More >>
Art Rage
Students are creating work influenced by their visit to Artrage a while back. They were exposed to the artist Helen Zughaib who created paintings based off of family stories. Each Read More >>
Density and Viscosity
Density and Viscosity This fall, the five seventh and eighth graders have been exploring the similarities and differences between density and viscosity. We started by defining the terms: demonstrate, model, Read More >>
Egg Drop
How egg-citing!? Over the past three weeks, students have been working on blueprinting, designing, and editing a device to protect an egg from high fall. The egg drop challenge has Read More >>
Ancient Egypt Younger Students
This fall students in all grade levels have participated in learning about Ancient Egypt. First as a mixed age group, we discussed what the word ancient means and then had Read More >>