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Summer SAVY, Session 5 Day 3, Exploring the Human Mind (7th-8th)
Jul. 17, 2024—Dear “Exploring the Human Mind” parents, Following the same structure we have been using so far, we began with some fun icebreakers to get the group warmed up. Then we jumped into a discussion about pop psychology and talked about common myths that we may have heard in our everyday lives, such as that...
Summer SAVY, Session 5 Day 3, Wildlife Ecology (5th-6th)
Jul. 17, 2024—We started the day with a “Have you ever” getting-to-know-you activity. None of them have been sky diving but curiously a student, in addition to our one from Iowa, has been to a Hawkeye football game. Today was math heavy starting with a discussion of the levels of ecological studies – biosphere, ecosystems, communities, and...
Summer SAVY, Session 5 Day 3, Intro to Neurobiology (5th-6th)
Jul. 17, 2024—Dear SAVY Families, Another day full of learning, fun, and “memories”! First in the morning was our students’ presentations! They did an amazing job. Each of the four teams prepared 4-7 slides to educate the whole class about a demyelinating disease (nerve cells losing their sheath and transmitting information much slower) – multiple sclerosis. The...
Summer SAVY, Session 5 Day 3, Transformations in Writing (3rd-4th)
Jul. 17, 2024—Greetings and Salutations! Today was busy, busy, busy, busy. The kids are in full author mode and are working on original stories. Today’s focus was on character and why it is important to develop character. We started the day discussing character and the character arc, which is where a character exists but has a problem...
Summer SAVY, Session 5 Day 3, Programming and Robotics (3rd-4th)
Jul. 17, 2024—This morning, we finished work on our package sorting machine. We learned there are many ways to accomplish the same tasks through programming and worked to identify bugs, decompose our code, and debug our programs. Today we divided into new working pairs. The purpose of this exercise was to provide an opportunity to apply teamwork...
Summer SAVY, Session 5 Day 3, Chemical Spill (Pilote) (3rd-4th)
Jul. 17, 2024—Hello SAVY Families, Chemical Spill had a great start to the day with continuing our experiments. We looked at our experiment results from yesterday and made some modifications to our conclusion of why vinegar cleans a penny better than water. Most of the responses were written about the results of the experiment, but the conclusion...
Summer SAVY, Session 5 Day 3, Chemical Spill (Lowe) (3rd-4th)
Jul. 17, 2024—Today was the day of pH! We started the day learning that “Seven is Heaven.” The class quickly caught on that 7 is neutral, less than 7 is an acid, and greater than 7 is a base. Thank you for sending your children in with water samples this morning! Because of this, we started the...
Summer SAVY, Session 5 Day 3, Engineering Design (Lewis) (1st-2nd)
Jul. 17, 2024—It was a fun day in Engineering Design! In literacy time, we read How Emily Saved the Bridge. In this historical story, Emily Warren Roebling faced many challenges when she was forced to be the lead engineer on the building of the Brooklyn Bridge when her father-in-law died and her husband became ill. She loved math...
Summer SAVY, Session 5 Day 3, Engineering Design (Allison) (1st-2nd)
Jul. 17, 2024—Today’s read-aloud was The Girl Who Could Fix Anything by Mara Rockliff. This is the story of WWII engineer, Beatrice Shilling. As a girl, she demonstrates the characteristics of an engineer and works hard to become an engineer in a time when women weren’t welcome in the field. She went on to help Britain’s Royal...
Summer SAVY, Session 5 Day 3, Earth Science Rocks! (1st-2nd)
Jul. 17, 2024—We started today with a review of the Rock Cycle and then identified four samples of Metamorphic rock. After closely observing the Gneiss, Slate, Marble, and Schist samples students then challenged themselves with trying to identify each rock without labels. We also tested our memory from yesterday’s observations of Igneous rocks (Granite, Obsidian, Basalt, and...