SAVY Category
Summer SAVY Session 6, Day 1, Cracking the Case
Jul. 24, 2023—Happy Monday! We had a great day with our first day of forensic science. Our focus today was examining fingerprints. Ask your child some of these questions: Q: How can an expert carefully collect a compete print? Q: What did we learn about fingerprinting? Q: How does DNA finger printing allow for forensic scientist to prove...
Summer SAVY Session 6, Day 1, Intro to Chemical Engineering (Whiting)
Jul. 24, 2023—We had an awesome first day in Introduction to Chemical Engineering! In the morning, we started the day with a morning meeting and creating some agreements about class. We agree that: 1. We are kind. 2. We are listeners. 3. We take turns. 4. We do our best. We deeply analyzed technology and...
Summer SAVY Session 6, Day 1, Intro to Chemical Engineering (Rylander)
Jul. 24, 2023—We are off to a great start in the Introduction to Chemical Engineering with Playdough class! We began this morning by getting to know each other and pondering what type of machine we would build to solve our biggest problem–homework machines and hot dog dispensers were popular responses! An initial pre-assessment measured our knowledge of technology...
Summer Career Connections Session 5, Day 5, Creative Writing: Short Stories
Jul. 21, 2023—Happy Friday! We had an exciting, fun-filled final day of Creative Writing: Short Stories! Students spent the morning finishing their final projects, which were more extended versions short stories that they started from our exercises throughout the week. Some students chose to work on more extended projects that they will continue to develop at home,...
Summer Career Connections Session 5, Day 5, Astrophysics: Extrasolar Planets
Jul. 21, 2023—We had an awesome end to our week of exploring Astrophysics and Extrasolar Planets - it was our Poster Presentation Day! During the morning, we created research posters and we were quite impressed how students were able to pull things together to make excellent research presentations. Some were a little stressed at the end, but...
Summer SAVY Session 5, Day 5 Math and Music
Jul. 21, 2023—We are so sad to see our Math and Music students leave! Today was a wonderful conclusion to an outstanding week of learning and creating. This morning we investigated how the lengths of the tools we’ve been using all week affect their sound. Students used tape measures to measure the length of our Boomwhackers and...
Summer SAVY Session 5, Day 5, Aquatic Ecology
Jul. 21, 2023—Happy Friday! The day was spent doing research on how to mitigate the effects of nutrient additions to aquatic systems and writing a report, in poster form, presenting the main topic of the week, what we learned about it, and discussing mitigation. I tasked them to go beyond simply saying that we need to reduce...
Summer SAVY Session 5, Day 5, Programming and Robotics
Jul. 21, 2023—We were in full programming mode on our last day! These programmers know how to use their new vocabulary, so not only can they walk the walk, but they can also talk the talk. They put together all of the skills they acquired this week and developed a fun program in the sprite lab. It...
Summer SAVY Session 5, Day 5, Mathematicians in History: Patterns, Order, and Relationships
Jul. 21, 2023—We really did not want this week to end! The challenges were daunting, but most expressed the work to be rewarding. In today’s lessons, we observed two mathematicians who appreciated, challenged, and supported each other’s work though they never met. Through letters between their separate countries who were at war with one another, and despite...
Summer SAVY Session 5, Day 5, Engineering Design: Full STEAM Ahead!
Jul. 21, 2023—Dear Parents, I hope your children have enjoyed their week in Engineering Design: Full STEAM Ahead as much as I have! We ended our day with a final bridge building challenge. Student chose to either work independently or with a partner for this challenge. Our guiding question for today was: “How can we use our...