Grade 5 Category
Spring SAVY 2019, Day 4 – Mystery and History (5th/6th)
Feb. 18, 2019—And our Detective-Historians undertook still another quest this week!! Was James Rivington a patriot spy or merely a loyalist who was also the king’s printer in New York City? To kick things off, we decided to follow the second step of good detectives (the first is to identify the question they will solve) and do...
Spring SAVY 2019, Day 3 – The Water-Energy Nexus (5th/6th)
Feb. 11, 2019—Today in Water-Energy Nexus, we began Lesson 2 – Water Filtration, in which we learned about water filtration via size exclusion, the principal in which we can refuse a solution’s contaminants by designing a filtration system in which the paths for flow are too small for the contaminants (e.g. microbes, proteins, and ions), but big...
Spring SAVY 2019, Day 3 – Mystery and History (5th/6th)
Feb. 11, 2019—Our sleuths had another great week of detective work as they turned their attention to a new historical mystery: why did Benedict Arnold betray George Washington and the American Revolution? SO much to uncover! We spent a good deal of time uncovering the backstory to Benedict Arnold’s career. Conveniently, his participation in the American Revolution...
Spring SAVY 2019, Day 2 – The Water-Energy Nexus (5th/6th)
Feb. 4, 2019—Today was a great second class. · We first reviewed some of the material from last week, including the pros and cons of various hydropower systems and the scientific method. · Then, we continued working on our hydropower experiment (determining the influence of potential energy on turbine output voltage). · Then we went through some of the equations...
Spring SAVY 2019, Day 2 – Mystery and History (5th/6th)
Feb. 4, 2019—What a great detective adventure we’ve had this week! Our sleuths brought their A game to this week’s historical mystery. We kicked off by comparing the goals of detectives and historians and the processes that they follow to achieve those goals: 1) Identify the mystery or major question 2) Conduct background research 3) Hunt for...
Spring SAVY 2019, Day 1 – The Water-Energy Nexus (5th/6th)
Jan. 28, 2019—Today was a great first class! I noticed a range of prior knowledge and we’re hoping to build on that over the course of the session. The students arrived around 9:15am. They sat with girls on one side and boys on the other at first, and some students clearly knew each other before this class....
Spring SAVY 2019, Day 1 – Mystery and History (5th/6th)
Jan. 28, 2019—Welcome to Mystery and History! Our first class was great! For our first session, we did a lot of brainstorming and setting the stage so that we can run with full-fledged mysteries in each of our subsequent meetings. It was so much fun to meet each of our sleuths. They have great attention for detail...
Fall SAVY 2018, Day 2 – Molecular Genetics (5th/6th)
Oct. 8, 2018—Hello Molecular Genetics parents! This week, we were classical geneticists. We learned a TON of new vocabulary, all related to inheritance. Can your young scientist tell you the difference between a dominant and recessive allele? Can they describe how genotype and phenotype are related? One of our experiments today consisted of building a creature with...
Fall SAVY 2018, Day 2 – Psychology 101 (5th/6th)
Oct. 8, 2018—Hello SAVY Parents! We had another wonderful Saturday in Psychology 101. It is such a pleasure getting to watch these students critically examine and explore the field of psychology, and use their newfound knowledge in exciting and unexpected ways. We started off the day with a review of some of the key concepts from last...
Fall SAVY 2018, Day 1 – Molecular Genetics (5th/6th)
Oct. 1, 2018—Hello Molecular Genetics parents, Today was the first day of your child’s adventure into how scientists study DNA. Today we delved into the structure and function of cells and the organelles that are within it. Don’t know what an organelle is? Ask your young scientist at dinner or before bed- they were all super stars...