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Career Connections at SAVY Saturday, Week 1, Neuroscience at Work (7th-8th)
Jan. 26, 2025—Today, students began their exciting journey into the world of neuroscience! We focused on understanding the brain’s structure, how it works, and how neuroscience connects to everyday life. The day started with a class concept map that we will develop over the three Saturdays to track what we are learning as a group. I was...
Career Connections at SAVY Saturday, Week 1, Powering the Future: The Wonders of Batteries and Electrochemistry (7th-8th)
Jan. 26, 2025—SAVY Families, Our first Saturday of Powering the Future: The Wonders of Batteries and Electrochemistry was incredible! Your children have excellent young minds, and I am so excited about having them in this course. I wanted to share with you what your child has been learning in our electrochemistry class. Throughout our hands-on lesson and...
SAVY Saturday, Week 1, Percy Jackson & Greek Mythology (5th-6th)
Jan. 26, 2025—Our first day together was a great success! We started our morning by getting to know each other with a little “this or that” game. Students had to decide between things like going camping or going to the beach, playing video games or playing sports, cats or dogs, and ice cream or candy. This was...
SAVY Saturday, Week 1, Biology of the Body (5th-6th)
Jan. 26, 2025—Dear Parents, Welcome to Biology of the Body. This course will allow students to take an active role in identifying and resolving real-world problems constructed to promote scientific learning. Throughout the duration of this course, our young scholars will gather information from a variety of sources to investigate the anatomy and physiology of the human...
SAVY Saturday, Week 1, Space Academy (3rd-4th)
Jan. 26, 2025—What an exciting first day of Space Academy: A Study in Exploration! SAVY Space Cadets were eager to learn about everything from daily routines in space to the challenges and physics of space travel. Our key learning today was about the Scientific Method. Throughout the day, we applied the scientific method during two experiments. Our...
SAVY Saturday, Week 1, Cryptology (3rd-4th)
Jan. 26, 2025—Welcome to Cryptology, where we are finding and deciphering codes all around us! It was an exciting first day as we got to know each other and built some of our classroom routines, including playing “A Game of Red Herrings” and greeting each other daily in a morning meeting. Building a community of learners where...
SAVY Saturday, Week 1, Matter Mysteries, Hayes (1st-2nd)
Jan. 26, 2025—What an exciting first day we’ve had! Our students embarked on a fascinating journey into the world of matter, exploring its omnipresence and learning to think like scientists. We delved into the concept of change, experimented with the three states of matter, and even indulged in some delicious hands-on learning by making ice cream. Here’s...
SAVY Saturday, Week 1, Matter Mysteries, Elliott (1st-2nd)
Jan. 26, 2025—What an exciting first day we’ve had! Our students embarked on a fascinating journey into the world of matter, exploring its omnipresence and learning to think like scientists. We delved into the concept of change, experimented with the three states of matter, and even indulged in some delicious hands-on learning by making ice cream. Here’s...
SAVY Saturday, Week 1, Animal Adaptations (1st-2nd)
Jan. 26, 2025—Hello SAVY Families! The scientist in your family had an engaging, informative first day of Spring SAVY 2025: Animal Adaptations. Today, your scientists learned more about their role for this week. We started our class by positioning ourselves as scientists and discussing what it means to be a scientist. We talked about the steps we...
SAVY Saturday, Week 1, Beyond the Pyramids (K)
Jan. 26, 2025—Welcome to the first day of our exciting journey into Ancient Egypt! Our class kicked off with a fantastic start as we took some time to get to know our new friends and dive into the wonders of Ancient Egypt. We began by sharing what we already knew about this fascinating civilization and brainstormed a...