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Summer SAVY 2022/Session 6 – Industrial Engineering for Rising 3rd/4th Grade
Jul. 25, 2022—Friday: Happy Fabulous Friday! What a fun Friday it was! We all successfully completed our challenge of incorporating a specific simple machine into our factory subsystems designs to help move the load of potatoes from the factory floor to the “loading dock.” We went step-by-step through the Engineering Design Process to Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create,...
Summer SAVY 2022/Session 6 – The One to Beat for Rising 3rd/4th Grade
Jul. 25, 2022—Friday: As we wrapped up the week of learning about various record makers and breakers, students are determined to set their own world records and possibly be placed in the Guinness World Book of Records one day. They were actively engaged in making goals for themselves for a record they could attempt. They charted and graphed...
Summer SAVY 2022/Session 6 – Animal Adaptations for Rising 1st/2nd Grade
Jul. 25, 2022—Friday: Dear Parents, What a Fabulous Friday we had! Students worked hard on finishing up their artifacts for our Amazing Animal Adaptation Museums. The exhibits included models of student created creatures, poster presentations showing at least 4 adaptations the animal needed to survive and thrive in its habitat, a fossil imprint, and a story. We had...
Summer SAVY 2022/Session 6 – Agricultural Engineering for Rising 1st/2nd Grade
Jul. 25, 2022—Friday: Thank you for allowing your students to spend an amazing week in Agriculture Engineering. The students documented their seeds sprouting and a lot of their caterpillars have moved to the second life stage pupa/chrysalis. Students learned about the Engineering Design Process to learn how Agricultural engineers solve problems. We finished the book Mariana Becomes...
Summer SAVY 2022/Session 5 – Stellar Astronomy for Rising 7th/8th Grade
Jul. 18, 2022—Friday: A great final day of Stellar Astronomy! First and foremost, we had to finish designing the research posters we started yesterday to prepare for our afternoon Poster Session. Most students had to work on “de-wordifying” (i.e. make bullet points, not sentences), some on making good font sizes, some on beautifying, some on making good...
Summer SAVY 2022/Session 5 – Common and Practical Chemistry for Rising 5th/6th Grade
Jul. 18, 2022—Friday: Hi all, What a week we have had in chemistry! Today we tested our bath bombs. They smelled great! Then we designed rockets our of film cannisters an powered them with vinegar, baking soda, and Alka seltzer. They weren’t the best but we had some great ideas to continue the design process. After lunch we...
Summer SAVY 2022/Session 5 – Exploring Anthropology for Rising 5th/6th Grade
Jul. 18, 2022—Friday: Our SAVY anthropologists closed out the session by presenting their short films in the Second Inaugural SAVY Anthropology Film Festival. Each student worked on a film that defined culture, introduced specific aspects of culture, and focused on a particular group of people. They all defined culture in distinct ways and then illustrated aspects of...
Summer SAVY 2022/Session 5 – Tremendous Transformations in Writing for Rising 3rd/4th Grade
Jul. 18, 2022—Friday: Greetings! I have never been so sad to see a class graduate! These kids built a family together, and they opened their hearts and talents to each of us as they created and grew as writers. I am so incredibly impressed with every one of them! To start the last day, we watched an interview...
Summer SAVY 2022/Session 5 – Biomedical Engineering for Rising 3rd/4th Grade
Jul. 18, 2022—Friday: Happy Friday! Biomedical Engineers were hard at work today! From a plan to a prototype- we created our knee braces that would help Mattias’ injured knee function like a healthy knee. I am SO proud of how well each Engineering Design Team worked as a TEAM! Ideas were shared, engineers collaborated, and problems were solved....
Summer SAVY 2022/Session 5 – Programming and Robotics for Rising 3rd/4th Grade
Jul. 18, 2022—Friday: We were in full programming mode on our last day! These programmers know how to use their new vocabulary, so not only can they walk the walk, but they can also talk the talk. They put together all of the skills they acquired this week and developed a fun program in the sprite lab. It...