SAVY Category
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 2, Day 2 – Programming and Robotics (Ashley G.) (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jun. 18, 2019—Wow! It was a busy, productive fun day! We started the day with a review of our concept map. The students quickly applied what they learned yesterday to explain that a robot needs a purpose, it needs a “brain (processor) that can receive input and give an output for a sensor and/or a mechanical movement...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 2, Day 2 – Programming and Robotics (Lauren W.) (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jun. 18, 2019—Today these programmers learned that their job isn’t always creating new technology. They became aware that a big part of their job description is fixing or “debugging” programming problems. We started the day reading more of Peter Brown’s, The Wild Robot Escapes, to put our brains in the futuristic mindset of the world of robots....
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 2, Day 2 – Ecological Expedition (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jun. 18, 2019—Wow! Did day two go by fast! We started off the day by learning about the famous artist George Seurat and analyzing his famous painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. Students used a visual analysis wheel to examine elements of a painting such as main idea, images, purpose, point of...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 2, Day 2 – Culinary Chemistry (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jun. 18, 2019—Culinary chemistry is brewing something interesting! We had an excellent start to the day with review tic-tac-toe, and it’s very obvious that they so much about what we learned yesterday on carbohydrates. We continued our lab on testing the samples of food with iodine solution and Benedict’s solution. Some surprises – turns out tofu has...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 2, Day 2 – Environmental Explorations (Rising 1st/2nd)
Jun. 18, 2019—Day 2 Greetings from Environmental Explorations class, here at SAVY! Today has been VERY exciting and VERY busy. We started the day by having Dr Chris Aiken, who studies viruses, talk to us about things he does as a scientist. He talked about how scientists ask questions, learn from their senses, observe and notice details,...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 2, Day 2 – Animal Adaptations (Rising 1st/2nd)
Jun. 18, 2019—We are really getting good at identifying adaptations that specific animals have and how those adaptions help the animal survive and thrive in their natural habitat. Our conversations now; however, are turning a bit more thought worthy as we are thinking of the implications of animals losing their habitat space, being relocated to different habitats...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 2, Day 1 – Stories and the Structure of the Universe (Rising 5th/6th)
Jun. 17, 2019—What a great first day! Because of the unique structure of this course, we spent some time today exploring and organizing what we know about the idea of structure and about outer space. Students were excited to share their knowledge with each other! We were able to briefly discuss competing theories about the origin of...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 2, Day 1 – Psychology in Action (Rising 5th/6th)
Jun. 17, 2019—Dear parents, We had a wonderful first day exploring symbols as a class; Ms. Emily and Mr. Israel were very excited to have the opportunity to work with a new generation of researchers! It is clear that each member of our new research team is coming in with a lot of experience and great ideas...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 2, Day 1 – Programming and Robotics (Ashley G.) (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jun. 17, 2019—What a wonderful first day! These future programmers and engineers were busy today. We first started off with the “Build up” activity. In groups of four, the students built a small robot arm by matching an already built arm, except they would not be able to see with their own eyes. They had to rely...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 2, Day 1 – Programming and Robotics (Lauren W.) (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jun. 17, 2019—These programmers had a great first day conceptualizing the world of robotics! We started by reading the first page of Peter Brown’s best seller, The Wild Robot Escapes. This allowed us to discuss how robots know what tasks to perform. Then we dipped our toes into writing algorithms for our classmates to carry out in...