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Summer SAVY, Session 1 Day 4, Ancient Roots and Ruins (5th – 6th)
Jun. 13, 2024—Happy Thursday! Since students enjoyed our senate debate on Tuesday so much, they requested a similar activity today, so we started our morning with a debate on how much power Julius Caesar should have as emperor. From there, we transitioned to learning about daily life in ancient Rome, especially focusing on the laws that governed...
Summer SAVY, Session 1 Day 4, Industrial Engineering (3rd – 4th)
Jun. 13, 2024—Industrial Engineers and their Families, On our second to last day of this course, students are fully engaged in the Engineering Design Process and a simulation that requires all students to think and act like an industrial engineer! Students began the day by watching an explanation of how Lays Potato Chips are made. They identified subsystems within the...
Summer SAVY, Session 1 Day 4, Cryptology Sect.2 (3rd – 4th)
Jun. 13, 2024—The Eleventh Hour Mystery is heating up, with lots of new reflections and evidence to consider. Today, we did some live debates using the four corners method and accountable talk to listen to other people’s ideas about who stole the feast and reflect orally on those new ideas. It’s a privilege to watch their wheels...
Summer SAVY, Session 1 Day 4, Cryptology Sect.1 (3rd – 4th)
Jun. 13, 2024—Good afternoon, SAVY families! So, who stole the feast? As we get closer to the end of our story, that is the question on everyone’s mind. I love hearing all of the theories of whodunnit and the evidence that supports it. Today, we did some live debate, using the four corners method and accountable talk...
Summer SAVY, Session 1 Day 4, The Makings of America (3rd – 4th)
Jun. 13, 2024—Today, we began by reviewing the material covered thus far. The students were allowed to demonstrate their memorization of the preamble of the Declaration of Independence. We have several who were able to memorize it already! I was so proud of them! Then, we moved on to discussing Common Sense by Thomas Paine. We learned...
Summer SAVY, Session 1 Day 4, Intro to Chemical Engineering (1st – 2nd)
Jun. 13, 2024—Good afternoon, SAVY families! I venture to say that this was our best day yet! Students continued working through the Engineering Design Process and applied their chemical engineering learning in Play Dough. Today, we explored the ingredient ratios in our play dough process and learned to improve our current method of creation by applying our...
Summer SAVY, Session 1 Day 4, Encounters with Measurement (1st – 2nd)
Jun. 13, 2024—Hello SAVY Families, Thursday brought new learning, discovery, and creativity to our SAVY Session. I could not be more proud of the mathematicians’ hard work today! To start our day, we continued working with liquid volume and capacity. First, we heard a story about “King Gallon.” This story helped us better visualize the conversion of...
Summer SAVY, Session 1 Day 3, Common and Practical Chemistry (5th – 6th)
Jun. 12, 2024—Dear Parents, Welcome to the third day of SAVY 2024-Practical and Common Chemistry Carnival. Today, your child dove into the fascinating concepts of density and buoyancy. We reaffirmed our class expectations by reciting the class creed. The students have excelled in establishing a secure classroom and campus environment, holding each other responsible, ensuring all classmates...
Summer SAVY, Session 1 Day 3, Ancient Roots and Ruins (5th – 6th)
Jun. 12, 2024—Happy Wednesday! Today was “gladiator” day in Ancient Roman Ruins! We started with a “myth-busting” activity to discern fact from fiction concerning the ancient gladiators. From there, we learned about the most famous gladiators and, of course, the Colosseum in which the gladiators performed! In order to fully understand the construction of the Colosseum, students...
Summer SAVY, Session 1 Day 3, Industrial Engineering (3rd – 4th)
Jun. 12, 2024—Industrial Engineers and their Families, Today, like every day, we started our day in Morning Meeting. To conclude our meeting, we watched a video about Lillian Gilbreth, who is a Purdue alumna known as the Mother of Engineering. She pioneered the entire field of industrial engineering as one of the first women in engineering and one of the first people to transfer the Engineering Design Process to...