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Summer SAVY 2017, Session 1/Day 3- Mirror of Mythology (Rising 2nd/3rd, Dr. Mall)
Jun. 14, 2017—Greetings! I am going to start with your child’s homework assignment! Since we are making connections with mythology around us today, the kids will be looking for examples of myths in our society that they see. These can be from books, architecture, logos for businesses (like Starbucks and the mermaid logo), television, the Nike swoosh, etc....
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 1/Day 3- Bioengineering (Rising 2nd/3rd)
Jun. 14, 2017—Today in bioengin”EAR”ing, students were given an engineering challenge to design a technology to help someone that was losing their hearing. Using the engineering design method, students started asking what is a sound wave which led us to exploring waves with a slinky, marshmallows, and tuning fork. We next explored the ear and learned how...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 1/Day 3- Dive into Design (Rising 1st)
Jun. 14, 2017—Dear Parents, Today was a fabulous third day for our Dive into Design class! We began our morning with a review of how to make sure that when we measure something, we measure with accuracy, and why measuring with precision is important. We also read a book called, Length, which gave us more perspectives on...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 1/Day 2- Biology of the Brain (Rising 6th/7th)
Jun. 13, 2017—We had another wonderful day in Biology of the Brain! The theme of today’s learning was “Invisible Biology of the Brain.” We talked about the components and molecules of the brain that you can’t see without the help of scientific equipment (so not technically invisible). This includes things like neurons, glial cells, synapses, and neurotransmitters....
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 1/Day 2- Rebels and Revolutionaries (Rising 6th/7th)
Jun. 13, 2017—Today we have been working hard to travel the road to the American Revolution from 1763 to about 1774. We are asking today “Was the road to revolution inevitable?” As we asked this question, we worked on our historian skills of identifying turning points. Everyone was very excited about the developing conflict over taxation and...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 1/Day 2- Introduction to Law (Rising 6th/7th)
Jun. 13, 2017—Today, students worked in groups to present U.S. Supreme Court cases (that they had chosen as a group) in creative ways. Some performed skits, while others utilized art work. They all did very well and showed a thorough and nuanced understanding of their cases. After they finished their group projects we did a mini unit...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 1/Day 2- Puzzles and Problem Solving (Rising 4th/5th)
Jun. 13, 2017—We began class today by delving deeper into the problems studied yesterday. Each day will begin with two questions designed to have the students apply the knowledge learned in the previous day to a new scenario. Today’s questions dealt with the 21-card game and ZipZap, and both questions led to interesting discussions about factors, multiples,...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 1/Day 2- Industrial Microbiology (Rising 4th/5th)
Jun. 13, 2017—Hello again parents and students, Day two has come and gone! Our time is flying by so fast! We started off the day by recapping what we had learned from yesterday. Each student got to stand up with their group and present. I was very impressed by how much everyone remembered as well as the...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 1/Day 2- Mirror of Mythology (Rising 2nd/3rd, Mrs. Byrd)
Jun. 13, 2017—Dear SAVY Parents! Another thrilling day of stories, discussion, and research in mythology! We are making more and more connections with these ancient stories to our modern culture in architecture, language, literature, and even sports! We are observing and recording personal character traits for gods and goddesses and discussing what we can learn from them...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 1/Day 2- Mirror of Mythology (Rising 2nd/3rd, Dr. Mall)
Jun. 13, 2017—Greetings! Today was a great day! We started by learning about myths and why they were created. We looked at myths in different cultures that were similar and how they changed according to the beliefs and culture of the group that created them. The Chinese and Hopi Indians were some of the groups that we...