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Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 4, Mathematicians in History (3rd – 4th)
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Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 4, Mathematicians in History (3rd – 4th)
Jul. 11, 2024—Hello SAVY Families, We had another amazing day at SAVY! The mathematicians once again exceeded the expectations and rose to the challenge of our incredibly complex math course. I am grateful for the opportunity to share about our work today! Today, we learned about two more historical mathematicians, one that most SAVY mathematicians had heard...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 4, Water and Weather (1st – 2nd)
Jul. 11, 2024—I hope that you had a wonderful Thursday because we sure did! It happened! The moment students realize they can think critically and make modifications/changes to improve engineering design made my day! Oh yes, students were in high gear today! We started by measuring how much water had evaporated from the cups in the...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 4, Beyond the Pyramids (1st – 2nd)
Jul. 11, 2024—We had another terrific day in Beyond the Pyramids! Read Aloud: Today, I read excerpts from Egyptian Myths, a DK publishing book. This book introduces the gods and goddesses that are most significant in the mythology of ancient Egypt. Academic Vocabulary: Today we learned the meaning of pharaoh, mythology, god, and goddess in the context of the...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 3, Neurobiology of Learning (7th – 8th)
Jul. 10, 2024—Hello SAVY Families! Happy Wednesday! Can you believe that we are already more than halfway through the course? I sure can’t! I sincerely hope that your students are enjoying their time in this class. This morning, we did a team-building icebreaker that required us to use nonverbal communication to complete a task. We reviewed everything...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 3, Page to the Stage (7th – 8th)
Jul. 10, 2024—My friends, I can’t believe we’re already halfway there. Today represented the midpoint in our journey, and while I’m a bit wistful knowing that we are officially on the downhill side of the mountain, I remain grateful for our time together. We began our day with another set of games and centering exercises. I love...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 3, Engineering 101 (7th – 8th)
Jul. 10, 2024—We tested our dam designs first thing this morning, due to the predicted inclement weather yesterday afternoon. Students learned about the difficulties of containing water in a dam and controlling its release. Right after, we started covering Mechanical Engineering and some of its sub-types. Unfortunately, ME is the broadest main type of engineering, so we...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 3, Greek Mythology (Waxman) (5th – 6th)
Jul. 10, 2024—This morning in Greek Mythology: Myth to Modern Legend, we picked up where we left off with our study of the Hercules myth and how it compares to the animated film. After finishing our socratic-style seminar, students split into groups and created their own “deleted scene” to make the film more accurate to the original...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 3, Greek Mythology (Waxman) (5th – 6th)
Jul. 10, 2024—This morning in Greek Mythology: Myth to Modern Legend, we picked up where we left off with our study of the Hercules myth and how it compares to the animated film. After finishing our Socratic-style seminar, students split into groups and created their own “deleted scene” to make the film more accurate to the original...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 3, Greek Mythology (Young) (5th – 6th)
Jul. 10, 2024—We had another fantastic day in Greek Mythology. Today was full of heroes and monsters! We started our day by exploring the idea of the hero’s journey. According to Joseph Campbell, most heroes follow a predictable pattern during their quests. We used the Pixar short film Piper to test out the pattern. Piper was indeed a hero,...