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Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 3, The Science of Senses (3rd – 4th)
Jul. 24, 2024—Hello Parents, Welcome to Day 3 of Sense-sational Science! Today, our focus was on the fascinating world of vision and illusions. We continued to emphasize our S.A.V.Y. class creed and ensured everyone followed classroom rules to create a safe and supportive learning environment. Here’s a recap of our activities and ways you can support your...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 3, Numbers Big and Small (3rd – 4th)
Jul. 24, 2024—Today was another fun day of math with your children! We explored some of our favorite math concepts today: palindromes, probability, prime numbers, and simple order of operations. At the beginning of the day, we played with palindromes. These are words, phrases, or number sequences that read the same backward and forward, for example: kayak,...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 3, Intro to Coding (1st – 2nd)
Jul. 24, 2024—Today, we put our coding knowledge to the test for two big coding missions. After we played a little name game, we reviewed our rules and vocabulary for coding. Then we jumped right into our literacy lesson. We asked the question, ‘How is a coder like an engineer?’ The students had very thoughtful answers to...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 3, Creative Contraptions (1st – 2nd)
Jul. 24, 2024—A Wow Wednesday! We are beginning to “work” on more problems with our analytical processes. Ms. Byrd brought a problem from her own backyard and worked through how she came up with a creative contraption to get her canoe out of the Harpeth River after a float. How to safely get a 91-pound canoe out...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 2, Urban Transportation and Data Analytics (7th – 8th)
Jul. 23, 2024—Today, we had an extensive discussion on urban transportation, particularly focusing on the interplay between land use and transportation. Our conversation delved into the nuanced relationship between transportation and mobility, emphasizing the crucial role of urban mobility and its far-reaching societal implications. Additionally, we explored various sources of transportation revenue and the distribution of funds...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 2, Science Communication and Immunology (7th – 8th)
Jul. 23, 2024—Today, we focused on how to communicate some of the science we’ve learned already. As a large group, we brainstormed different people a scientist might have to communicate with and came up with a great list – other scientists in the lab, your boss, investors or funding agencies, news reporters, friends, and family. Each target...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 2, How to Change the World, Social Movements & Collective Action (7th – 8th)
Jul. 23, 2024—Dear Parents, Today, we continued our exciting journey through political anthropology by exploring the origins of the political terms “left” and “right” and examining how these concepts have influenced societies and movements for change throughout history. The Origins of “Left” and “Right” in Politics Our lesson began with a look at the French Revolution, where...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 2, Intro to Engineering (Green & Shuman) (5th – 6th)
Jul. 23, 2024—After a brief overview of what we talked about yesterday, students returned to finalizing and testing their trebuchets. Then, students dove straight into Civil Engineering. In the morning, we learned how supertall skyscrapers like the Burj Khalifa in Dubai and the Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia are designed and built. Students became Structural and Construction...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 2, Individuality vs Conformity (5th – 6th)
Jul. 23, 2024—Hello SAVY families! Today, we continued our discussions on individuality and identity and began to explore the unique way that people see the world and express themselves. We talked about all the different means of human expression and how we make our mark on the world – whether through creative arts like painting and...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 2, The Story of you! Autobiography (3rd – 4th)
Jul. 23, 2024—And just like that day 2 has come to an end! Today, we started our day with a word sort. Students were given a list of 40 words and had to sort them into groups based on their own criteria. After discussing what criteria they used to sort (a few groups did small, medium, and...