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Summer SAVY Session 6, Day 3, Harry Potter (Lowery)
Jul. 26, 2023—Today, witches and wizards alike returned to potions class for one last lesson. Here, we discussed bubbling brews and the way that certain drugs act in “magical” ways in the body (Tylenol vs Advil). Both Tylenol and Advil provide similar relief to pain, but only one’s pathway of action is fully understood. After potions class,...
Summer SAVY Session 6, Day 3, Harry Potter (Owens)
Jul. 26, 2023—Today, witches and wizards alike returned to potions class for one last lesson. Here, we discussed bubbling brews and the way that certain drugs act in “magical” ways in the body (Tylenol vs Advil). Both Tylenol and Advil provide similar relief to pain, but only one’s pathway of action is fully understood. After potions class,...
Summer SAVY Session 6, Day 3, Writing with Fire
Jul. 26, 2023—Today, our young writers added more great poetry to their anthologies! We began the day by finishing Brown Girl Dreaming. Inspired by Woodson’s exploration of her roots in Brooklyn, NY, students researched their own hometowns. Then, they turned what they learned into poems that explored and celebrated the places they come from. I loved learning...
Summer SAVY Session 6, Day 3, Encounters and Experiences
Jul. 26, 2023—Dear SAVY Families, Today was another incredible day of learning, connections, and expression of ideas in SAVY Session 6: Encounters and Experiences, Archetypes in Literature. We started the day by reviewing the concepts that we have learned so far including encounter, experience, archetype, character archetype, and situational archetype. This review set us up for success...
Summer SAVY Session 6, Day 3, Forces of Nature
Jul. 26, 2023—The students explored many types of forces of nature: Tornados, Tsunamis, Hurricanes, Storms, Lightning electricity, Drought, Floods, and Forest Fires. We also dug deeper into meteorology. The students were introduced to AVID One-Pagers (which many will use now that they are in higher grade levels) and they were all impressive! There was some great collaboration...
Summer SAVY Session 6, Day 3, Electrical Engineering
Jul. 26, 2023—Another “super charged” day of learning! My compliments to the students for their perseverance to work with this high interest, yet challenging, content. Today, we took the opportunity to look backward in order to look forward. We examined and reasoned about the issues of the massive blackout of August 2003 in the Northeast. What exactly...
Summer SAVY Session 6, Day 3, Cracking the Case
Jul. 26, 2023—We had another great lab today! We cracked an important case of dognapping! We used chromatography to analyze ink samples. They used a solvent to separate the components of the ink of different pens to discover who left in a ransom note to determine who was the dognaper! Case Closed! Students worked to achieve these...
Summer SAVY Session 6, Day 3, Intro to Chemical Engineering (Whiting)
Jul. 26, 2023—We had an exciting day of chemical engineering labs today! In the morning, we explored properties of play dough and how to describe properties. We brainstormed property words, generated the definition that a property is a description of a material, and practiced describing the properties of substances like water, juice, and wipes. Then, students...
Summer SAVY Session 6, Day 3, Intro to Chemical Engineering (Rylander)
Jul. 26, 2023—Today was full of engineering success for your youngsters. We began the day with a discussion of properties of matter and how it changes, including chemical and physical changes, and then moved into some fun sculpting as we learned the difference between high-quality and low-quality play dough products. Their creations were out of this world! ...
Summer SAVY Session 6, Day 2, Encounters and Experiences
Jul. 25, 2023—Hello SAVY Families! Day Two at SAVY Session 6: Encounters and Experiences, Archetypes in Literature was another engaging, insightful day! Once again, your students blew me away with their interest in the subject, ability to collaborate, and engagement in the lessons. We started the day by watching the short film “The Controller.” This...