Starting in January 2013, all the third 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 observing the Read More >>
Legos and Simple Machines
The third graders here at the New School have been participating in a Lego science class for the past several weeks. This class focuses on simple machine components, as well as forces and structures. Students are assigned to a partner and must work together to create daily structures. Past structures have included caterpillars (to demonstrate Read More >>
Biome Art
Children in the middle grades created landscapes of the biome they researched earlier in the year. First they were asked to consider where the horizon would be on their landscape. Then they considered the time of day. Would it be at dawn, dusk, at night or in the heat of the day. We talked about how Read More >>
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