SAVY Category
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 5/Day 2- The Math in Music (Rising 1st)
Jul. 18, 2017—The Math in Music class had an excellent second day! The morning began with some fun music making – we were dancing, singing, and playing lots of instruments. We learned a new song and made egg maracas using plastic eggs, beans, and rice. Students learned that different materials can impact the way instruments sound! We...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 5/Day 2- What’s the Matter (Rising 1st)
Jul. 18, 2017—Dear parents: Today was a wonderful second day in our What’s the Matter course! We were very busy today with lots of hands-on investigations. We began our day reading two books, Ada Twist, Scientist and 14 Experiments That Failed. We reviewed some important things that scientists do and how important it is to never give...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 5/Day 1- Computational Astrophysics (Rising 6th/7th)
Jul. 17, 2017—On our first day of Computational Astrophysics, we got into coding right away! We started by talking about why astronomers have to write computer code. The students came up with the basic “ingredients” we need in order to build a solar system – or anything in our Universe. The students told me about their experience...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 5/Day 1- Commodore Investment Fund (Rising 6th/7th)
Jul. 17, 2017—Today we embarked on our journey into the world of Wall Street. Most students began the day having never heard the phrase “strategic investing” so we started by answering the following questions by first using the words “investment” and “market” as they are typically used to hearing them. What is an investment? Students came up...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 5/Day 1- Poetry in Practice (Rising 4th/5th)
Jul. 17, 2017—Gifted students are notoriously literal, so a poetry class can provide a fun challenge when it comes to encouraging students to use abstract thinking. Fortunately, poetry’s imaginative qualities are balanced out by limiting qualities such as structure. We started the day by loosening up our writing muscles by doing some free association writing exercises. Then...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 5/Day 1- Programming and Robotics (Rising 4th/5th)
Jul. 17, 2017—We had an exciting first day in programming and robotics! In the morning, students discussed the knowledge you need to start programming (reading, writing, and basic math), the qualities of a good programmer (discipline, determination, creativity, and resolve), and why they wanted to learn more about programming (to make the world a better place and...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 5/Day 1- Archaeological Adventures (Rising 2nd/3rd)
Jul. 17, 2017—Today was an awesome first day of class! I was really impressed by the insightful questions asked by all the students. Our main topics of focus today were human adaptation and the importance of archaeological context in understanding those adaptations. We started out by creating a short concept map to highlight what the students already...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 5/Day 1- Neuroscience Navigators, Conrad/Nguyen (Rising 2nd/3rd)
Jul. 17, 2017—We had a wonderful first day in Neuroscience Navigators! We started the day getting to know each other and how much we all knew about neuroscience. We are also learning pretty quickly that there are a lot of new words that are used in Neuroscience. For example, the word neuroscience is a combination of neuro-...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 5/Day 1- Neuroscience Navigators, Wilkey (Rising 2nd/3rd)
Jul. 17, 2017—We had a wonderful first day in Neuroscience Navigators! We started the day getting to know each other and how much we all knew about neuroscience. We are also learning pretty quickly that there are a lot of new words that are used in Neuroscience. For example, the word neuroscience is a combination of neuro-...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 5/Day 1- The Math in Music (Rising 1st)
Jul. 17, 2017—We had a great first day in the Math in Music! We started the day by moving and grooving to MC Hammer and learning about some new instruments that we will play throughout the week. After introductions, we started to learn about different ways we can experience patterns. The students played a fun rhythm game...