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Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 5, Beyond the Pyramids (1st – 2nd)
Jul. 12, 2024—What a great last day in Beyond the Pyramids! Read Aloud: Today’s book was Mummies Made in Egypt. We listened to the book read aloud on a clip from Reading Rainbow. We also read an article from National Geographic Kids about King Tut and saw a photograph of his sarcophagus. Academic Vocabulary: Today we learned...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 4, Neurobiology of Learning (7th – 8th)
Jul. 11, 2024—Hello SAVY Families! Happy Thursday! I can’t believe how quickly this week has been going by! We certainly have been keeping busy. Today, we wrapped up our poster projects on the different parts of the brain, and we had a poster walk around the room to learn about the parts of the brain. I was...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 4, Page to the Stage (7th – 8th)
Jul. 11, 2024—Thank you for our Thursday! Today was another grand day, my friends. I’m so grateful to you for how you’ve grappled with the more complex tools and terms introduced during this class. Of course, I’m equally appreciative for how you’ve embraced our intentional sense of play. Our morning began as all our mornings have begun:...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 4, Engineering 101 (7th – 8th)
Jul. 11, 2024—Thank you for sending your students in today with closed-toed shoes. After quickly covering Electrical Engineering and a subtype called Power Engineering, we saw electricity being generated with natural gas turbines, and we saw that the exhaust from the turbines can be harnessed to create steam to save energy. The tour was definitely a highlight...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 4, Greek Mythology (Waxman) (5th – 6th)
Jul. 11, 2024—Today in Greek Mythology, we focused on the later elements of the Greek mythology canon. In particular, we learned about Orpheus, Atalanta (one of the most famous female heroes in the mythology canon), and Jason and the Argonauts. We even had a class play to dive further into the story of the Argonauts and how...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 4, Greek Mythology (Young) (5th – 6th)
Jul. 11, 2024—We began our day with Connections from the New York Times. This is a great way to get our brains thinking in the mornings! We finished the designs of our monsters and labyrinths that we started yesterday. We headed outside to draw our labyrinths in sidewalk chalk and, you guessed it, our monsters were in...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 4, Coding and Robotics (5th – 6th)
Jul. 11, 2024—The Final Challenges Begin! Day 4 -Coding and Robotics Course Welcome back to Day 4, where the excitement reached its peak as the participants embarked on their final challenges. Over the past few days, these talented young minds have been exploring the world of robotics, programming, and engineering with LEGO Spike Prime. Today, students put...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 4, Space Academy (Whiting) (3rd – 4th)
Jul. 11, 2024—Our exploration of the solar system is coming to a close today, as we visit the remaining planets. Unfortunately, we experienced some serious bumps along the way. In a problem-based learning (PBL) scenario, we discovered that the navigation system in our spaceship broke down between Jupiter and Saturn. We have minimal tools on our...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 4, Space Academy (Jahn) (3rd – 4th)
Jul. 11, 2024—Hello, fellow astronauts! Today was another day of excitement and curiosity as we explored our vast solar system! In a problem-based learning (PBL) scenario, we discovered that the navigation system in our spaceship broke down! We have minimal tools on our shuttle: an old book of star charts, a telescope, a spectrometer, and a sextant....