Grade 3 Category
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 1, Day 3 – Chemical Spill (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jun. 12, 2019—Hello Parents! Day 3 is in the books! We had another great day using the scientific method and our understanding of chemistry to help Vanderbilt clean up its chemical spill site. We are currently conducting an ongoing experiment to help us connect chemical effects to our living environment. Teams measured the height, width, and number...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 1, Day 2 – Archaeology 101 (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jun. 11, 2019—Today was excavation day in Archaeology 101! To prepare students for mock excavations, they first learned important concepts such as absolute and relative dating in archaeology and stratigraphy. In an activity based on relative dating, students rotated among 4 stations with a series of artifacts such as books, phones, ceramics, and stone tools in which they...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 1, Day 2 – Tremendous Transformations in Writing (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jun. 11, 2019—We’ve had a great day exploring transformations in literature and writing. This morning students rolled story dice to obtain creative prompts for characters, conflicts, and resolutions, corresponding to the “Somebody wanted…, But then…, So…” story framework. We used these prompts to write whole stories in just twelve minutes! Then, students reviewed their writing from the...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 1, Day 2 – Chemical Spill (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jun. 11, 2019—Hello Parents! I’m happy to report that your budding environmental scientists have been doing an amazing job in the classroom and outside! They have been picking up high school level chemistry and have a firm grip on the structure of atoms, elements, ions, chemicals, and environmental systems. I am VERY impressed by their deep understanding...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 1, Day 1 – Archaeology 101 (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jun. 10, 2019—Today for the first day of class we met new friends and were introduced to the basics of modern archaeology. In addition to learning new vocabulary words, students studied how to conduct an archaeological survey. Setting up their own x and y axes in Hank field, students spent the late morning and early afternoon conducting their...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 1, Day 1 – Tremendous Transformations in Writing (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jun. 10, 2019—We had a great first day with Tremendous Transformations in Writing! We started our day by exploring the concept of transformation. Transformations occur within cycles such as the rock cycle, the water cycle, and life cycles. Transformations can also occur within a person–in thoughts, emotions, or attitudes–or within stories, as with a change of setting...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 1, Day 1 – Chemical Spill! (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jun. 10, 2019—Hi Parents! We just wrapped up an insightful and exciting first day of Chemical Spill! Today, we laid the groundwork for many of the important topics that we will discuss this week (and had some fun along the way). We discussed the scientific method and how scientists, big and small, can approach interesting questions. We...
Spring SAVY 2019, Day 6 – Circuitry, Systems, and Design (3rd/4th)
Mar. 7, 2019—Dear SAVY Parents, What an exciting and action packed final day of Spring SAVY! Right off the bat, students were given an example of how their understanding of electricity and circuitry is harnessed in our information and data age. How do you store or represent information using electricity? We shared only a part of this code.org...
Spring SAVY 2019, Day 6 – Using Algebra to Make and Break Records (3rd/4th)
Mar. 6, 2019—Have you ever seen a man walk on water? Our final world record involved Mr. Bricka who walked 3,600 miles across the Atlantic Ocean in 60 days. Students were able to find trends in the data and complete a chart that identified how many miles were traveled over five day increments. We then took another...
Spring SAVY 2019, Day 6 – Autobiographies and the Story of You (3rd/4th)
Mar. 4, 2019—It’s hard to believe that Spring SAVY is finished for 2019! Ms. Adrienne and I have enjoyed working with your kiddos and learning about their lives through their memoirs. Going forward, our hope is that your student will continue to analyze the different changes they see, both in their personal lives and in...