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Summer SAVY 2017, Session 3/Day 4- Mirror of Mythology (Rising 2nd/3rd- Byrd)

Jun. 29, 2017—Dear SAVY Parents! Today we really took on a tough topic within Greek mythology: Hero or Monster? We learned about about many fanged, snake tailed, fire breathing, one-eyed, multi-headed, horned, scaly, slimy… well, you get the picture. While we learned about some really terrifying creatures (yes, there were times we thought we might have to...

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Summer SAVY 2017, Session 3/Day 4- Budding Botanist (Rising 1st)

Jun. 29, 2017—Our Budding Botanists are amazed that our week exploring together is coming to a close. I hope you can join us for our Open House tomorrow, 9:15am-9:45am, Wyatt 3rd floor. We would love to share some of our discoveries with you, Today we synthesized a lot of content. We created models of a flower and...

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Summer SAVY 2017, Session 3/Day 3- Computational Astrophysics (Rising 6th/7th)

Jun. 28, 2017—Today in Computational Astrophysics, we made a lot of progress on our Solar System! We began with an activity that demonstrated why and how the Earth orbits the sun. In groups of two, one student acted as the sun and the other acted as the Earth. They were connected by a rope representing the force...

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Summer SAVY 2017, Session 3/Day 3- Truth vs. Perception (Rising 6th/7th)

Jun. 28, 2017—Happy humpday! I have a PhD in 20th-century American literature, so I am at my happiest and most exciting when discussing fiction with people. And to my mind, there’s no better place to explore ideas about how truths vary and how perception influences people’s reality. Continuing Tuesday’s discussion of satire and how authors alter audience’s...

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Summer SAVY 2017, Session 3/Day 3- Anthropological Approaches (Rising 6th/7th)

Jun. 28, 2017—Day 3: Anthropology over here Today, we brought their anthropological skills home to the United States, Nashville, and SAVY. We started the day with the famous Nacirema reading by Horace Miner. Miner writes about the strange Nacirema culture with exotic body rituals and courtship habits. But, Nacirema is really “American” written backward! We can sound...

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Summer SAVY 2017, Session 3/Day 3- Chemical Spill! (Rising 4th/5th)

Jun. 28, 2017—Wow! It is hard to believe that we are already more than halfway through our week of studying Chemical Spill! We began today by making observations of our onion plants that are growing in various concentrations of acidic and basic aqueous solutions. Some of the onions have surprised us! We also talked about some of...

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Summer SAVY 2017, Session 3/Day 3- Big Money, Big Decisions (Rising 4th/5th)

Jun. 28, 2017—Day 3 of Big Money, Big Decisions has been a whirlwind! We started off the day by returning to Nashville’s public transportation system. After our debate about how we finance public transportation we began to discuss some of the ways that people advocate for their programs, both from the perspective of bureaucrats and elected officials....

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Summer SAVY 2017, Session 3/Day 3- Science of the Sea (Rising 2nd/3rd)

Jun. 28, 2017—We had a busy morning in Science of the Sea! We continued learning about phylogeny and how organisms are related to one another using evolutionary biology techniques. I think the students understand how diverse life is under the sea and though we can’t discuss every single species of marine life, we learned how many different...

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Summer SAVY 2017, Session 3/Day 3- Mirror of Mythology (Rising 2nd/3rd- Rhoads)

Jun. 28, 2017—The ancient Greeks assigned a deity for almost every aspect of their lives. Today, we looked at the twelve primary gods of the Greek pantheon and put our research skills to work by looking up further information on them. Tomorrow, we will apply this research towards group presentations to help us understand why mythology mattered...

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Summer SAVY 2017, Session 3/Day 3- Mirror of Mythology (Rising 2nd/3rd-Byrd)

Jun. 28, 2017—Dear SAVY Parents, We had another great day of hearing stories, conducting research (working to validate some sources), and engaging in discussions. Today, we continued to concentrate on the Greek culture and the gods and goddesses that are prominent in these stories. We studied a text about the famed Trojan Horse, and the children had...

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