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SAVY 2019: Session 6, Day 3 – Matter Mysteries (Rising 1st/2nd)
Jul. 24, 2019—Hello SAVY parents! Day 3 of our wonderful summer SAVY session Matter Mysteries was a blast. I can hardly believe that the week is almost over. Time flies when you’re having fun! We put on our lab coats and began the morning by reviewing information from the previous lessons. Students were able explain the states...
SAVY 2019: Session 6, Day 3 – Games Galore (Rising 1st/2nd)
Jul. 24, 2019—What are 6 ducks doing in a paper bag? The answer, waiting for the daily guesser to figure out what colors they are, by using what we know and what the math infers to us. Our guesser did a great job this morning, as did the recorder. The final guess of how many colors and...
Career Connections at SAVY 2019: Session 3, Day 2 – Science and Ethics of Gene Editing (Rising 7th)
Jul. 23, 2019—Today we learned about different ethical philosophies and how they can help us think through ethical dilemmas. We discussed moral questions such as “Is stealing wrong?” and “Should I tell on my friend that’s cheating on a test?”. We taught mini lessons on important ethical theories, such as virtue theory, contractarianism, natural law theory, categorical...
Career Connections at SAVY 2019: Session 3, Day 2 – Behavioral Economics (Rising 7th)
Jul. 23, 2019—Already two days have flown by! The class is really picking up steam now as we further analyzed simultaneous, complete information, discrete, finite, non-cooperative, 1 on 1 games. This morning we looked at the prisoner’s dilemma with a twist. What if people have different levels of guilt from stealing or sharing? Can we gain an edge...
SAVY 2019: Session 6, Day 2 – Stellar Astronomy (Rising 5th/6th)
Jul. 23, 2019—Today in Stellar Astronomy, we did a mixture of lecture, experiment, and lab! In response to some requests from yesterday, we looked at and listened to the pulses from pulsars at these three websites: Jodrell Bank Observatory, a better-set-up site than JBO, and Sounds from Space. Make sure you check out the audio file with the 16...
SAVY 2019: Session 6, Day 2 – The Power of Poetry (Rising 5th/6th)
Jul. 23, 2019—Dear Parents: Welcome to Day 2! In today’s class, we focused on rhyme and inventive language. Students learned key terms of the day, including: rhyme, end rhyme, slant rhyme, rhyme scheme, metaphor, similie, and imagery. Students spent the morning with a brief communal writing activity, titled, “Exquisite Corpse.” This is a traditional poetry game where...
SAVY 2019: Session 6, Day 2 – The Great Debate (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jul. 23, 2019—What a fantastic second day! We spent the morning analyzing primary source writing from multiple perspectives about “How Americans Should Treat the Land?”. The analysis included a scavenger hunt where her students were to find as much evidence as they could where the author used the rhetorical devices of ethos, pathos, and logos. Because the students...
SAVY 2019: Session 6, Day 2 – Biology of the Brain (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jul. 23, 2019—Today was another excellent day in our Biology of the Brain classroom! We hit the ground running with a group share, giving students the opportunity to talk about the favorite thing they did in class yesterday and to answer any outstanding questions before moving forward. We started the morning class with a discussion about experimental...
SAVY 2019: Session 6, Day 2 – Artistic Programming (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jul. 23, 2019—Our coders had an awesome day! We played the Zoo Game which helped us understand how different animals move. Then we coded agents to perform those same movements in NetLogo. This afternoon, we created perler bead visuals of the organisms that we researched and later we used them as references to digitalize our art. Tomorrow we’ll...
SAVY 2019: Session 6, Day 2 – Matter Mysteries (Rising 1st/2nd)
Jul. 23, 2019—Hello SAVY parents! Day 2 of Matter Mysteries was very engaging and exciting as we dived right into learning the roles and responsibilities of a scientist. We became scientists as we practiced the following scientific skills and processes: *Make observations. *Ask questions. *Learn more. *Design and conduct experiments. *Create meaning. *Tell others what was found....