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Spring SAVY 2020: Day 1 – Operation Save the Beach (1st/2nd)
Feb. 10, 2020—Greetings SAVY Parents, We had a great day of learning in the session, Operation Save the Beach! It was a joy meeting your child and facilitating the learning that took place on Day 1. Perseverance was the name of the game, and the first and second-grade scholars rose to the occasion. They demonstrated critical-thinking skills,...
Spring SAVY 2020: Day 1 – Secrets of the Moli Stone (1st/2nd)
Feb. 10, 2020—After our first SAVY session this past Saturday I was blown away by the enthusiasm and excitement from our group of students! All of them came with a willingness to try new things, and it was fun to hear about their talents and passions as we went through introductions. We sure do have one talented...
Spring SAVY 2020: Day 1 – Intro to Robotics & Programming (1st/2nd)
Feb. 10, 2020—These programmers had a great first day conceptualizing the world of robotics! We started by reading the first page of Peter Brown’s best seller, The Wild Robot Escapes. This allowed us to discuss how robots know what tasks to perform. Then we dipped our toes into writing algorithms for our classmates to carry out in...
Spring SAVY 2020: Day 1 – Environmental Explorations: Dig It! (K)
Feb. 10, 2020—What is a scientist? What do scientists do? What are some jobs that scientists have? How can scientists solve problems in the real world? The only way to find the answers to these questions was to dig in and become scientists ourselves. Making observations using our senses, such as noticing changes in liquids with mixtures...
Fall SAVY 2019: Day 3 – Strength and Structure of Engineering Materials (Grades 5/6)
Oct. 8, 2019—I can’t believe we’re done already! Three Saturdays went by quickly. This past weekend we learned about macroscopic and microscopic failure surfaces. Essentially, how we can look at a broken part and determine the type of failure. The three types of failure we focused on were ductile, brittle, and fatigue failure. There are different macroscopic...
Fall SAVY 2019: Day 3 – Spies and Conspiracies (Grades 5/6)
Oct. 8, 2019—Our historians really had some exciting travels through the 1780s these last few weeks. Thank you for sharing such creative and sharp minds with me! If they are interested in looking at more at the sources we used in class two Saturdays ago, they are both open access and available at: https://full-english-books.net/english-books/full-book-an-artist-in-treason-the-extraordinary-double-life-of-general-james-wilkinson-read-online-chapter-7 and https://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-07162014-131340/unrestricted/Kolb.pdf. We kicked off our...
Fall SAVY 2019: Day 3 – Robotic Engineering (Grades 5/6)
Oct. 8, 2019—We wrapped up our fall session this past Saturday in Robotic Engineering by building a carousel with the EV3 Mindstorm. The students learned about shafts, gears, and the touch sensor options in Mindstorm. After they successfully built their carousel, the students programmed it to spin and turn on and off with a touch sensor. Then...
Fall SAVY 2019: Day 3 – Spatial Smarts (Grades 3/4)
Oct. 8, 2019—Dear SAVY Parents, Thank you for the opportunity to work with your child at SAVY! What an action packed day we had this past Saturday as we concluded our spatial reasoning studies with 3D stacks and maps as well as solid projections and slices. There are so many ways these skills are used in high...
Fall SAVY 2019: Day 3 – Psychology in Action (Grades 3/4)
Oct. 8, 2019—Hello parents, While I was very sad that this was our last week together, I was also very proud to see our researchers present their work during the poster session! As you already know, our researchers created and presented individual posters during our open-house poster session. Our class spent hours working to gather the content...