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Summer SAVY 2017, Session 1/Day 2-Bioengineering (Rising 2nd/3rd)
Jun. 13, 2017—Students were introduced to the many different components of bioengineering with a specific focus on cells today. Using the engineering design process, students asked the right questions to design a protocol for extracting their DNA. Using detergent to get thru the membrane and ethanol to precipitate the DNA, we found that with enough cells you...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 1/Day 2- Dive into Design (Rising 1st)
Jun. 13, 2017—Dear Parents, Today was a fabulous second day for our Dive into Design class! We began our morning with a review of what a model is, and then we added more rigor to our concept of a model by reflecting on whether or not a model could be 2-D or 3-D. After a wonderful discussion...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 1/Day 1- Biology of The Brain (Rising 6th/7th)
Jun. 12, 2017—Biology of the Brain Day 1 I had two goals for Day 1: to familiarize/review the Visible Anatomy of the Brain and to assess what the students knew about neurobiology and what they are interested in. There is no better way to learn anatomy than to do a dissection… so that’s what we did! Students...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 1/Day 1- Rebels and Revolutionaries (Rising 6th/7th)
Jun. 12, 2017—We have had a great start to our adventures through the revolutionary era! Today, everyone jumped right in. We began with introductions and then moved on to brainstorming about things we know already about the American Revolution and things that we would like to learn more about. Our next step was to think about what...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 1/Day 1- Introduction to Law (Rising 6th/7th)
Jun. 12, 2017—Today, in Introduction to Law, students were first taught about how our court systems work, the different levels, (i.e. trial courts, intermediate/appellate courts, and highest/supreme courts) and how cases work their way through those levels. They learned that cases start in the trial courts which are courts of general jurisdiction, and that cases go to...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 1/Day 1- Puzzles and Problem Solving (Rising 4th/5th)
Jun. 12, 2017—It was a great first day of SAVY! Today, the Puzzles and Problem Solving class first investigated the Ultimatum Game (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimatum_game) and the Prisoner’s Dilemma (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner’s_dilemma). The students then played a 2-player card game, attempting to determine the winning strategy. The problem goes like this: “Given a deck of 21 cards, players alternate turns by...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 1/Day 1- Industrial Microbiology (Rising 4th/5th)
Jun. 12, 2017—Industrial Microbiology Hello parents and students! We had a great first day! We learned all about microbiology and what it means to be a scientist! We went over good bacteria and bad bacteria as well as some crazy ones that can live in temperatures near boiling!!! ( like Yellowstone National Park) As a class we...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 1/Day 1- Mirror of Mythology (Rising 2nd/3rd, Mrs. Byrd)
Jun. 12, 2017—Dear SAVY Parents! Thank you for sharing your child today to be apart of our amazing learning discoveries and discussions! We are so excited about this topic and going deeper in our understanding of why myths and stories can be so powerful and intriguing. Today we heard and discussed 5 different creation myths from ancient...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 1/Day 1- Mirror of Mythology (Rising 2nd/3rd, Dr. Mall)
Jun. 12, 2017—Greetings! Today in Mirror of Mythology, we had a fantastic time! We started with a game to get to know each other and shared some information about ourselves, and then we created a chart to help me see what they know and what they want to know about Greek mythology. Our big word for today...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 1/Day 1- Bioengineering (Rising 2nd/3rd)
Jun. 12, 2017—Bioengineering day 1 Welcome to bioengineering! We were so excited to meet our new engineers and begin to explore the world of bioengineering. Today was spent getting to know one another, establishing lab rules, and learning how engineers “think”. Time flew as students were grouped into engineering teams to address a very simple challenge.. design...