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Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 2, “The Story of You! An Invitation to Write and Explore Autobiography” (3rd-4th)
Jul. 22, 2025—Our second day was a busy one! We began our day by thinking about things that make us happy and learned a little bit more about each other through it. After that, we read a short story called Ghost Cat. This is a story about a family who moves to the English countryside after their...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 2, “Numbers Big and Small” (3rd-4th)
Jul. 22, 2025—Dear Parents, The students had great enthusiasm again today in Numbers Big & Small. We started the day playing the place value game “Make It, Say It.” The game involves using a set of 10 cards numbered 0-9 (only 1 of each digit in the deck) and then 20 various clue cards. The students had...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 2, “Forces of Nature: Wind, Energy, and Engineering” (3rd-4th)
Jul. 22, 2025—Day 2 – July 22, 2025 | 
Exploring Machines and Motion Today, our young engineers explored the question: How do mechanical engineers think about machines? Building on what we learned from Leif Catches the Wind, we took a closer look at how machines move and how mechanical engineers design them to work efficiently. We...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 2, “Engineering Design: Full STEAM Ahead!” (1st-2nd)
Jul. 22, 2025—What a terrific Tuesday we had today! Our day started out with our morning meeting, where we shared our favorite colors and what we were excited to learn today. “Building bridges” was the common excitement shared by all! Then, we reviewed the three bridges we learned about yesterday, along with drawing and labeling each one...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 2, “Earth Science Rocks!” (1st-2nd)
Jul. 22, 2025—Hello all! Today was ROCK DAY! Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic (with some Minerals thrown in!). We started the day by revisiting the “rock piles” from yesterday and reviewing the observations the kids had made about them. I also added my rocks from my own collection to the piles BEFORE giving the students the names of the...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 2, “Dive Into Design” (1st-2nd)
Jul. 22, 2025—Happy Tuesday! Our morning began with a quick review of models discovered at home. From Hot Wheels cars to scaled miniature boba teas, students were able to identify the presence and importance of models in their everyday world. Then, we explored an overview of the Engineering Design Process to guide our learning and activities for...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 1, “The Great Debate” (5th-6th)
Jul. 21, 2025—Good afternoon, families and great debaters! Today was our introduction to the ancient philosophical tradition that brings us the art of debate! In the morning session, we learned a bit about each other and discussed what we already know and want to learn about how to debate well. We also brainstormed together about what successful...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 1, “Greek Mythology 2.0” (5th-6th)
Jul. 21, 2025—Hello! My name is Meara Waxman, and I am thrilled that your children have joined us for Greek Mythology 2.0 this week! We had a wonderful first day. After introducing ourselves and doing some goal setting for the week, we dove into the course material by learning about some of the forgotten Titans (the oldest...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 1, “Astronomy Tricks of the Trade” (5th-6th)
Jul. 21, 2025—The Astronomy Tricks of the Trade group had a fun first day. To help break the ice, our first project revolved around one of the favorite group activities held at Dyer Observatory’s camps – the creation of a lander to protect an egg astronaut (the “egg-noaut”) on its way back to Earth. We began with...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 1, “The Story of You! An Invitation to Write and Explore Autobiography” (3rd-4th)
Jul. 21, 2025—Welcome to day 1 of The Story of You! This week, we will be focusing on writing and specifically writing about ourselves. After sharing some not fun facts about ourselves (I have brown hair, my shirt is green), we started our day by playing a “This or That” activity that asked questions such as do you...