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Summer SAVY Session 5, Day 3, Dive Into Design
Jul. 19, 2023—Happy Wednesday! We were staying safe from the weather and students were being flexible as our classroom was relocated a couple of times. Students worked on their pool plans and measuring in nonstandard units of length. Lesson 6: the length of an object can be divided into equal-sized units (partitioning) and the length of a...
Summer Career Connections Session 5, Day 2, Creative Writing: Short Stories
Jul. 18, 2023—Day 2: We had a packed day two in Creative Writing: Short Stories! After a brief warm-up activity to help students wake up, we picked up where we left off with personification and characterizing inanimate objects. Students shared the stories that they invented for the stairs, lamp posts, trees, and benches, all of which were...
Summer Career Connections Session 5, Day 2, Astrophysics: Extrasolar Planets
Jul. 18, 2023—Day 2: Today was a great day to be a planet researcher! First, we discussed some strategies for overcoming frustration and what to do when we get “stuck” academically. The students were thoughtful about it and did draw on many techniques today! Given the “Career Connections” nature of the course, I talked about my PhD...
Summer SAVY Session 5, Day 2, Math and Music
Jul. 18, 2023—Day 2: Today was filled with both learning and fun as we explored two fascinating topics: copyright versus inspiration and fractions versus time signatures. In the morning session, we dove into the world of creativity and originality. Students learned about the important distinguishing features between infringing copyright and being inspired by another artist’s work. We...
Summer SAVY Session 5, Day 2, Aquatic Ecology
Jul. 18, 2023—Day 2: This morning, we started with the 4-corners getting to know you activity in which they have to choose among four options and move to a corner of the room. We discovered that Elf is the most popular Christmas movie. We then reviewed the experimental design, and they had to analyze two hypothetical experiments...
Summer SAVY Session 5, Day 2, Programming and Robotics
Jul. 18, 2023—Day 2: Today these programmers learned that their job isn’t always creating new technology. They became aware that a big part of their job description is fixing or “debugging” programming problems. We started the day reading more of Peter Brown’s, The Wild Robot Escapes, to put our brains in the futuristic mindset of the world of robots. While...
Summer SAVY Session 5, Day 2, Mathematicians in History: Patterns, Order, and Relationships
Jul. 18, 2023—Day 2: What a tremendous day! I am very impressed with the class and their ability to persevere and remain focused on hard tasks. We added big numbers to our big thinking using a calculation model of a Scottish mathematician. We used John Napier’s rods or “bones” for one-digit x multi-digit numbers and expanded some...
Summer SAVY Session 5, Day 2, Engineering Design: Full STEAM Ahead!
Jul. 18, 2023—Day 2: Dear Parents, We had another excellent day in Engineering & Design: Full STEAM Ahead! We spent the bulk of our day exploring the Engineering Design Process further and learning about different types of bridges and their attributes. We read and discussed the book Javier Builds a Bridge and used the content of the...
Summer SAVY Session 5, Day 2, Beyond the Pyramids
Jul. 18, 2023—Day 2: Today is Nile River Day! We learned about the significance of the river and how it helped the ancient Egyptian civilization thrive. Today’s read-aloud texts were Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile by Tommie dePaola and Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney. The first led us to ask questions about which...
Summer SAVY Session 5, Day 2, Dive Into Design
Jul. 18, 2023—Day 2: Happy Tuesday! Our pool models are coming to life step by step! Ask your learner about today’s newest addition to the pool design and how they figured out how to add 6 equal lanes. Lesson 4: An item remains the same length even when placed in a different position (conservation), and by knowing...