SAVY Category
Summer SAVY 2018: Session 5, Day 2 – Poetic Play (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jul. 17, 2018—Welcome to Day 2! In today’s class, we focused on rhyme and inventive language. Students learned key terms of the day, including: alliteration, rhyme, end rhyme, slant rhyme, rhyme scheme, metaphor, similie, and imagery. Students spent the morning with a brief communal writing activity, titled, “Exquisite Corpse.” This is a traditional poetry game where each...
Summer SAVY 2018: Session 5, Day 2 – Chemical Spill, Mr. Knorr (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jul. 17, 2018—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 2018: Session 5, Day 2 – Chemical Spill, Miss Raff (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jul. 17, 2018—News broke this morning that there has been some suspicious activity near the study site. There had been complaints about suspicious vehicles, chemical smells, and funny tasting water. Your scientists decided to investigate the situation. After we reviewed all the information, we used the scientific method. Your students asked questions and developed hypotheses to try...
Summer SAVY 2018: Session 5, Day 2 – Intro to Programming (Rising 2nd)
Jul. 17, 2018—Happy Tuesday, SAVY Parents! Students began the day reflecting on our big question of the week: What tasks should humans delegate to machines and what tasks should only and uniquely be accomplished by humans? As a class, we discussed the numerous abilities of robots and debated whether or not we should harness technology’s fullest potential: Should...
Summer SAVY 2018: Session 5, Day 2 – Character Creations (Rising 2nd)
Jul. 17, 2018—Dear Parents, We had an exciting and productive Day 2! The students are eager to start working on their puppets and stories featuring our three characters we created yesterday. We started off the morning with another “focus” game, called “Zip, Zap, Boing”. The students caught on quickly and the game taught them clear, intentional communication...
Summer SAVY 2018: Session 5, Day 2 – Becoming a Botanist (Rising 1st)
Jul. 17, 2018—Another fabulous day of investigating and asking questions about plants transpired (pun intended: transpiration) in the classroom today! There is nothing quite like watching a time-lapse bean life cycle video with classical music playing in the background to start the day! Our young botanists checked the progress of their greenhouse lima beans and recorded any...
Summer Career Connections at SAVY 2018: Session 5, Day 1 – The Power of Persuasion (Rising 7th)
Jul. 16, 2018—What a great first day! Our morning began with lively introductions followed by completion of concept maps designed to explore the term “persuasion”. Following, we constructed a working definition of the term that will serve our class’s needs: “An ethical means of influencing and motivating others.” We engaged in a community-building exercise designed to illuminate...
Summer Career Connections at SAVY 2018: Session 5, Day 1 – Behavioral Economics and Game Theory (Rising 7th)
Jul. 16, 2018—Happy first day of SAVY! The class got off to a great start today as we introduced the basic principles in game theory. We defined games as far as the context of our class is concerned and consider game theory as the study of strategy. We practiced studying games by looking at the classical example...
Summer SAVY 2018: Session 5, Day 1 – Marvelous Mechanisms (Rising 5th/6th)
Jul. 16, 2018—The first day of Marvelous Mechanisms is finished! We had a fabulous time getting to know one another, drawing, and learning about the kinematics (motion analysis) of pulley systems. The picture shows the class materials the students have been using to sketch as well as formally draft their ideas. Each notebook has a pad of...
Summer SAVY 2018: Session 5, Day 1 – Stellar Astronomy (Rising 5th/6th)
Jul. 16, 2018—We had a mind blowing day in astronomy today! The students are so excited to learn and ask all of their questions about astronomy! We started out the day with introductions of each other – it’s great to learn what people have in common and to learn about something new. After discussing what topics we...