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Summer SAVY 2018: Session 3, Day 4 – Math and Music (Rising 5th/6th)
Jun. 28, 2018—I am so excited to see the students perform in the trial of John Cage tomorrow! They have been working very hard, and many of them finalized their respective tasks today. They will have a little prep time in the morning, either to refresh their memory about what they are doing or put the finishing...
Summer SAVY 2018: Session 3, Day 4 – Observational Astronomy (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jun. 28, 2018—While our fourth day was full of the Sun and the Moon, we sadly didn’t get to actually observe either one! Darn clouds (and rain)… We started where we left off yesterday, with graphs! They’re some of my favorite things because they are scientific pictures (and therefore are worth a thousand words). We first plotted...
Summer SAVY 2018: Session 3, Day 4 – The Makings of America (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jun. 28, 2018—Another amazing day in Colonial America, but by the end of the day we have officially declared our independence and now call ourselves United States! In the morning, we look more closely at the life of George Washington through personal letters, a portrait study, and writings that he found valuable. We observed his ability to...
Summer SAVY 2018: Session 3, Day 4 – Environmental Explorers (Rising 2nd)
Jun. 28, 2018—Happy Third Day! Today the students were able to use a simulation game to see the effects of erosion caused by storms and the rise of the sea level. They used this visual representation of erosion and all their research to determine if they needed any other information before making a final decision on the...
Summer SAVY 2018: Session 3, Day 4 – Engineering Solutions (Rising 1st)
Jun. 28, 2018—What a wonderful day we had today! Our beekeeper guest, Mr. Armstrong, from the Nashville Area Beekeepers Association (NABA), presented very engaging information to our engineers, and the students were so thorough and specific with their questions that there was not a bit of “beefuddlement” (pun intended), with a single student by the time Mr....
Summer SAVY 2018: Session 3, Day 3 – Digital Storytelling (Rising 5th/6th)
Jun. 27, 2018—Hello Parents, We had a full day today! We started off with our morning creative writing time and story of the day. This morning it was “Feast“, a Pixar short film. We followed the 3 act adventure of a lovable little dog in his quest to make his owner and his stomach happy. ...
Summer SAVY 2018: Session 3, Day 3 – Math and Music (Rising 5th/6th)
Jun. 27, 2018—This morning the mathemusicians continued their work preparing for the trial of John Cage on Friday. This morning, both teams determined their witnesses and shared them with the opposing side. Taking the stand for the prosecution will be Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alan Turing. Speaking for the defense will be Paul Simon and Isaac Newton. The...
Summer SAVY 2018: Session 3, Day 3 – Observational Astronomy (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jun. 27, 2018—Today in Observational Astronomy we worked with tools and data analysis. We started the day talking about things they we did yesterday , about interesting things they learned, and favorite events yesterday. Most students were very enthusiastic about the stories in the planetarium (as expected 🙂 ). Then we worked with the planisphere and worked...
Summer SAVY 2018: Session 3, Day 3 – The Makings of America (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jun. 27, 2018—Dear SAVY Parents, Today was the most challenging content so far, and I think it can be argued that it is no coincidence that it was the most rewarding and joyous day so far as well! We may talk tomorrow about cause and effect in relation to our productive struggle. In a learning environment, does...
Summer SAVY 2018: Session 3, Day 3 – Environmental Explorers (Rising 2nd)
Jun. 27, 2018—Happy Third Day! Today proved to be another busy day for our young explorers. They researched two different types of sand (beach and all-purpose) to better understand the landform that will affect the possible building of a children’s camp. They recorded data on the sands’ texture and other physical characteristics of the two types of...