Grade 1 Category
Fall SAVY 2016 (Day 1) – Robotic Programming
Sep. 26, 2016—Greetings! Can I just start by saying how amazing your children are? They did such a great job today and their discussions and activity levels were terrific! We are going to have such a wonderful session! To start, we got to know each other, took a snack break (feel free to send a snack that...
Summer SAVY 2016 (Session 5, Day 4) – Secrets of the Moli Stone
Jul. 28, 2016—Dear Families, Students have been working hard this week to decipher new number systems. We’ve discovered the role that bases play in different number systems, and that not all number systems are place-value systems like ours! All of our hard work payed off today because we finally were able to solve the mystery of the...
Summer SAVY 2016 (Session 5, Day 4) – Marvelous Molecules (Dr. Holden)
Jul. 28, 2016—Today was all about chemical reactions! We began the morning by reexamining the steps of our ph experiment and talked about how and why some of our data differed. Next, after exploring the characteristics of physical and chemical changes, we began investigating evidence of chemical reactions. Later, students conducted experiments that changed color, temperature, and...
Summer SAVY 2016 (Session 5, Day 4) – Marvelous Molecules (Dr. Zeiger)
Jul. 28, 2016—Students were mixing it up today as they explored the world of chemical reactions. Using a variety of different chemicals including acetic acid and starch, students found evidence that chemical reactions were taking place. This included an exothermic reaction, color change, gas formation, and a precipitate. Ask your student how we switched electrons around to...
Summer SAVY 2016 (Session 5, Day 3) – Secrets of the Moli Stone
Jul. 27, 2016—Dear Families, We are flying through the week! Today, we played a game where the goal was to make the largest two-digit number when selecting three cards from a pile that contain the numerals 0-9. Students wrote down and revised their strategies as their played against their classmates. The strategies that students used highlighted their...
Summer SAVY 2016 (Session 5, Day 3) – Marvelous Molecules (Dr. Holden)
Jul. 27, 2016—Students were hard at work in Marvelous Molecules today! We began our morning with a hands-on activity requiring our eager chemists to identify 14 different substances by name, formula, color, phase of matter, and whether it was a element, mixture, or compound. Students recorded their observations on a data table and shared their results with...
Summer SAVY 2016 (Session 5, Day 3) – Marvelous Molecules (Dr. Zeiger)
Jul. 27, 2016—Electrons were bonding and mixing it up today in class. We found out the difference between elements, compounds, and mixtures. Elements including plutonium can be found on the Periodic Table of Elements while compounds consist of elements bonded together. Students learned how the electrons in atoms help to create these bonds. The students went on...
Summer SAVY 2016 (Session 5, Day 2) – Secrets of the Moli Stone
Jul. 26, 2016—Dear Families, We started to day by reviewing our activity from yesterday—figuring out how many combinations of pennies and dimes make 47 cents and proving that we really had found all the combinations. Students found that when we organize our data this often helps patterns become more visible. In this case, most students decided that...
Summer SAVY 2016 (Session 5, Day 2) – Marvelous Molecules (Dr. Holden)
Jul. 26, 2016—From the electrons to elements and the periodic table to non-Newtonian fluids, Tuesday was chock full of fun and learning! We began the morning by expanding our chemistry concept map to include the states of matter, atoms, elements, molecules, and compounds. Next, we explored the periodic table and learned how to identify an atom’s name,...
Summer SAVY 2016 (Session 5, Day 2) – Marvelous Molecules (Dr. Zeiger)
Jul. 26, 2016—Todays class was all about atoms and meeting “numero uno”, otherwise known as hydrogen. Students learned about the positive proton, negative electron, and neutral neutron. Ask them to demonstrate an atom! We learned how Neil Bohr 100 years ago theorized that electrons move in stationary orbits and how scientists thru the years have figured out...