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Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 3, Greek Mythology (Waxman) (5th – 6th)
Jul. 10, 2024—This morning in Greek Mythology: Myth to Modern Legend, we picked up where we left off with our study of the Hercules myth and how it compares to the animated film. After finishing our socratic-style seminar, students split into groups and created their own “deleted scene” to make the film more accurate to the original...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 3, Greek Mythology (Waxman) (5th – 6th)
Jul. 10, 2024—This morning in Greek Mythology: Myth to Modern Legend, we picked up where we left off with our study of the Hercules myth and how it compares to the animated film. After finishing our Socratic-style seminar, students split into groups and created their own “deleted scene” to make the film more accurate to the original...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 3, Greek Mythology (Young) (5th – 6th)
Jul. 10, 2024—We had another fantastic day in Greek Mythology. Today was full of heroes and monsters! We started our day by exploring the idea of the hero’s journey. According to Joseph Campbell, most heroes follow a predictable pattern during their quests. We used the Pixar short film Piper to test out the pattern. Piper was indeed a hero,...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 3, Coding and Robotics (5th – 6th)
Jul. 10, 2024—Engaging Creativity and Collaboration: Day 3 of SAVY-Robotic Engineering Welcome to Day 3 of our exciting journey into the world of robotics. Throughout this week, we’ve witnessed an impressive display of creativity, problem-solving, and teamwork from our enthusiastic rising 5th and 6th graders. Today, the students explored movement and sensor programming. As we progress, students...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 3, Space Academy (Whiting) (3rd – 4th)
Jul. 10, 2024—Today we launched toward new learning in the solar system, journeying all the way to Jupiter! We began our day, as we always do, in Morning Meeting. Each morning, we answer a would you rather question and play a game or do a fun space-related, team-building activity. Today was cosmic! Students wrote their names on...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 3, Space Academy (Jahn) (3rd – 4th)
Jul. 10, 2024—Today, we launched toward new learning in the solar system, journeying all the way to Jupiter! We began our day, as we always do, in Morning Meeting. Each morning, we answer a would you rather question and play a game or do a fun space-related, team-building activity. Today was cosmic! Students wrote their names on...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 3, Mathematicians in History (3rd – 4th)
Jul. 10, 2024—Hello SAVY Families, Wednesday brought more deep mathematical thinking, connections, and perseverance to the SAVY mathematician in your family. Each day, the mathematicians continue to raise the standard, and I could not be prouder of their hard work today. We started the day by reviewing the concepts we have learned this week and reminding ourselves...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 3, Water and Weather (1st – 2nd)
Jul. 10, 2024—Greetings! Wow! The group has done such a wonderful job working and collaborating together! As a result, we have been able to do some great experiments and cover a lot of material! Today’s focus combined the study of water with the introduction to the water cycle and weather. One of the things we worked on...
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 3, Beyond the Pyramids (1st – 2nd)
Jul. 10, 2024—Today was a great day as we continued diving into pyramids and hieroglyphics! Read Aloud: Today I read excerpts from Senefer: A Young Genius in Old Egypt by Betrice Lumpkin and illustrated by Linda Nickens. This fictional tale about a boy in ancient Egypt is based on a real mathematician who worked for Pharaoh Hatshepsut....
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 2, Neurobiology of Learning (7th – 8th)
Jul. 9, 2024—Hello SAVY Families! Happy Tuesday! Today, we had another fun-filled day in the world of neuroscience. We started off the day with a “would you rather” game to get everyone moving around the room. Then, we dove straight into talking about neurons. Everyone should be bringing home their model neuron from today, so I hope...