SAVY Category
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 5, Space Academy (Whiting) (3rd -4th)
Jul. 12, 2024—We’ve had an excellent week at Space Academy, literally traveling across galaxies. Today, we had two primary focuses: recap our amazing learning in the Space Exposition Presentation and catch up on any missed activities from the week! By the end of this week, all Cosmic Cadets will have explored the eight planets, the dwarf...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 5, Space Academy (Jahn) (3rd -4th)
Jul. 12, 2024—We had a fantastic week at Space Academy, traveling across the galaxy to learn more about the incredible intergalactic world! By the end of this week, all Cosmic Cadets will have explored the eight planets, the dwarf planet Pluto, the sun, and the moon; they will have investigated multiple experiments and written several responses....
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 5, Mathematicians in History (3rd -4th)
Jul. 12, 2024—Dear SAVY Families, I can’t believe that we have completed our time together in Mathematicians in History. This group of SAVY students impressed me in countless ways, and I am so grateful that I got to spend part of my summer learning with and from them. To start our Friday, we spent the...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 5, Water and Weather (1st – 2nd)
Jul. 12, 2024—Greetings! I am so sad that the time has gone by so quickly! I must say, this group gets the distinction of performing the most experiments in one week of any class I have ever taught! They did so well, though! I was able to go over so many advanced concepts and hands-on experiences with...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 5, Beyond the Pyramids (1st – 2nd)
Jul. 12, 2024—What a great last day in Beyond the Pyramids! Read Aloud: Today’s book was Mummies Made in Egypt. We listened to the book read aloud on a clip from Reading Rainbow. We also read an article from National Geographic Kids about King Tut and saw a photograph of his sarcophagus. Academic Vocabulary: Today we learned...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 4, Neurobiology of Learning (7th – 8th)
Jul. 11, 2024—Hello SAVY Families! Happy Thursday! I can’t believe how quickly this week has been going by! We certainly have been keeping busy. Today, we wrapped up our poster projects on the different parts of the brain, and we had a poster walk around the room to learn about the parts of the brain. I was...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 4, Page to the Stage (7th – 8th)
Jul. 11, 2024—Thank you for our Thursday! Today was another grand day, my friends. I’m so grateful to you for how you’ve grappled with the more complex tools and terms introduced during this class. Of course, I’m equally appreciative for how you’ve embraced our intentional sense of play. Our morning began as all our mornings have begun:...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 4, Engineering 101 (7th – 8th)
Jul. 11, 2024—Thank you for sending your students in today with closed-toed shoes. After quickly covering Electrical Engineering and a subtype called Power Engineering, we saw electricity being generated with natural gas turbines, and we saw that the exhaust from the turbines can be harnessed to create steam to save energy. The tour was definitely a highlight...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 4, Greek Mythology (Waxman) (5th – 6th)
Jul. 11, 2024—Today in Greek Mythology, we focused on the later elements of the Greek mythology canon. In particular, we learned about Orpheus, Atalanta (one of the most famous female heroes in the mythology canon), and Jason and the Argonauts. We even had a class play to dive further into the story of the Argonauts and how...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 4, Greek Mythology (Young) (5th – 6th)
Jul. 11, 2024—We began our day with Connections from the New York Times. This is a great way to get our brains thinking in the mornings! We finished the designs of our monsters and labyrinths that we started yesterday. We headed outside to draw our labyrinths in sidewalk chalk and, you guessed it, our monsters were in...