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Summer SAVY 2017, Session 6/Day 2- Beyond the Pyramids (Rising 1st)
Jul. 25, 2017—Dear SAVY Parents, Hail to you, O Nile… You have come to feed Egypt… When you flood the land rejoices… Another great day in ancient Egypt. The above is an excerpt of a beautiful ancient poem, which set the stage for our morning. Wow, your child may sleep as sound as a mummy after all...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 6/Day 2- Survive and Thrive (Rising 1st)
Jul. 25, 2017—Happy Second Day! Today the students took a nature walk observing the generalization of “change is everywhere.” They also delved into a math challenge activity entitled “The Goalpost Puzzle” while learning that there are different ways to solve a problem. The students were encouraged to share their ideas in class so that their classmates could...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 6/Day 1- Wildlife Ecology (Rising 6th/7th)
Jul. 24, 2017—We had an excellent first day in Wildlife Ecology! We’re studying white-tailed deer, their environment, and how human behavior affects deer populations. We learned quite a lot of information about deer in the eastern United States today by simulating competition for resources and how population size changes over time and by practicing estimation of populations...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 6/Day 1- Planetary Astronomy (Rising 6th/7th)
Jul. 24, 2017—Day 1 In today’s Planetary Astronomy class, we started laying the groundwork for discussion of planets both in and out of our own Solar System and then determined how planetary systems form! At the start of class, we introduced each other and talked about things students would like to learn in a Planetary Astronomy class....
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 6/Day 1- Industrial Microbiology (Rising 4th/5th)
Jul. 24, 2017—Hello Parents and Students- We had a great first day! We learned all about microbiology and what it means to be a scientist! We went over good bacteria and bad bacteria as well as some crazy ones that can live in temperatures near boiling, like Yellowstone National Park! As a class we sampled pond water...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 6/Day 1- Mystery and History (Rising 4th/5th)
Jul. 24, 2017—Welcome to History and Mystery! Today, we had a fun and exciting start to the week! This morning, we began with introductions and did some brainstorming about what we know about history and about mysteries. We thought about where the overlap might be. Students got to design their own detective’s notebook and created a list...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 6/Day 1- Secrets of the Moli Stone (Rising 2nd/3rd)
Jul. 24, 2017—Today we embarked on our adventure to discover the mystery of the Moli Stone! Students came eager to find out what the Moli Stone was, and today we got to make some initial observation and predictions about what the markings on the Moli Stone might be. We learned that the Moli stone was discovered in...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 6/Day 1- Environmental Hydrology (Rising 2nd/3rd)
Jul. 24, 2017—Today, we kicked off our investigation of environmental hydrology! Our first discussion revolved around water distribution across the globe. Oceans comprise 97% of all the water on Earth, and icecaps/glaciers hold another 2%! Check out this short video for a recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HSFKwho7MQ. It was not an easy task for us to decide how we would...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 6/Day 1- Beyond the Pyramids (Rising 1st)
Jul. 24, 2017—Dear SAVY Parents, Wow – what a great day we had in Ancient Egypt today! I am so grateful for the opportunity to work with your child this week, and I think they are pretty excited as well! Right off the bat we explored the culture of ancient Egypt by hearing the story of Rhodopis...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 6/Day 1- Survive and Thrive (Rising 1st)
Jul. 24, 2017—Happy First Day! Our Survive and Thrive class is digging into a life science unit on animals, their characteristics, and their environments. They were pre-assessed on their prior knowledge of the generalizations involving “change” by completing a concept map. They explored what it means to be a “scientist” and created a list of safety rules...