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Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 5, The Science of Senses (3rd -4th)
Jul. 26, 2024—I sense that our journey at PTY is coming to a close! Today, we explored the last of the five senses: touch. We started the day by creating “Would you rather” questions about our senses, resulting in some funny and creative responses. I encourage you to try this activity at home! The students were particularly...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 5, Numbers Big and Small (3rd -4th)
Jul. 26, 2024—We are sorry that Numbers Big & Small has come to an end! We have thoroughly enjoyed exploring numbers with your children! Today we started the day learning about Google and how Google got its name. Then, we switched from very large numbers to very small numbers: decimals and fractions! We read The Universe in...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 5, Intro to Coding (1st -2nd)
Jul. 26, 2024—It was a lovely last day in Intro to Coding here at SAVY! We began our day by asking the question, “What jobs use programming and coding?” To find out the answer to the question, students had to help crack the code and decipher 4 jobs written in code. We used a number substitution cipher...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 5, Creative Contraptions (1st -2nd)
Jul. 26, 2024—Thank you so much for making these days of opportunity available to your students! Our critical thinking and perseverance really brought our understanding of machines to new heights, rotations, and stops, and… well you get the picture. Simple machines and compound machines are powerful in making work easier and solving many problems all around us! ...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 4, Urban Transportation and Data Analytics (7th-8th)
Jul. 25, 2024—Today, we had an in-depth discussion about the critical issues of climate change and safety concerning transportation. We explored the important connections between climate change and transportation and examined the potential risks and challenges that transportation infrastructure may confront, especially in light of rising sea levels, more intense storms, and fluctuating temperatures. Looking at resources...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 4, Science Communication and Immunology (7th-8th)
Jul. 25, 2024—We had an exciting day today learning about historical microbiology research scientists, and then becoming present-day microbiology research scientists! This morning, we started the day in the computer lab, where student pairs were assigned a historical scientist. They had to read and learn about their scientist’s major discoveries related to microbiology and immunology. We...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 4, How to Change the World: Social Movements & Collective Action (7th-8th)
Jul. 25, 2024—Dear Parents, Today was another exciting day of exploring how we can make a difference in the world! Responsible and Effective Social Media Use within Social Movements We started the day by discussing the impact of social media on social movements. Students examined both its advantages—such as its ability to quickly mobilize people and highlight...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 4, Intro to Engineering (Shuman & Green) (5th-6th)
Jul. 25, 2024—We began the day talking about the grand challenges that electrical engineers face around sustainability, security, health, and enriching life. As we talked about electrical engineering, students realized that electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 4, Individuality vs Conformity (5th-6th)
Jul. 25, 2024—Hello SAVY families! Today was SUCH a fun day, y’all! Even though we had to be a little flexible in adjusting our schedule so that we had enough time to create substantive, structured, pathos-rich, powerful TED talks, we are on a roll and will pick up fresh and early tomorrow with polishing and...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 4, The Story of You! Autobiography (3rd – 4th)
Jul. 25, 2024—Day 4 is over! This week is flying by! We started our morning with an exciting game of two truths and a lie. They had so much fun sharing their own and then guessing what was true about their classmates. After finishing our rough drafts yesterday, we spent today editing, revising, and polishing them up...