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Summer Career Connections Session 5, Day 1, Creative Writing: Short Stories
Jul. 17, 2023—Day1: We had a great first day in Creative Writing: Short Stories! I so enjoyed meeting all of the students and learning about their goals for the course this week. We have some students who are brand new to creative writing and others who have written many stories before, so we will be able to...
Summer Career Connections Session 5, Day 1, Astrophysics: Extrasolar Planets
Jul. 17, 2023—Day 1: “Astrophysics: Extrasolar Planets” had a great start to our week together. The students are so excited to learn and ask all of their questions about astronomy! We started out the day with introductions of each other – it’s great to learn what people have in common and to learn about something new and...
Summer SAVY Session 5, Day 1, Math and Music
Jul. 17, 2023—Day 1: Welcome to our week-long SAVY adventure! We kicked off an exciting journey today in Math and Music, where we will be exploring the fascinating world of mathematics and its interaction with music. To start, students shared their names, school, hobbies, and most importantly, a song that they felt described their personality. These songs...
Summer SAVY Session 5, Day 1, Aquatic Ecology
Jul. 17, 2023—Day 1: Good evening. At the beginning of the day, we spent time introducing ourselves and getting to know each other using question bingo. We’ll do variations on this theme for at least the next two days. We discussed appropriate behavior, particularly regarding microscopes and other equipment and materials. While the experiments/labs we perform do...
Summer SAVY Session 5, Day 1, Programming and Robotics
Jul. 17, 2023—Day 1: These programmers had a great first day conceptualizing the world of robotics! We started by reading the first page of Peter Brown’s bestseller, The Wild Robot Escapes. This allowed us to discuss how robots know what tasks to perform. We started developing our collaboration skills with a lesson on perseverance and frustration. The...
Summer SAVY Session 5, Day 1, Mathematicians in History: Patterns, Order, and Relationships
Jul. 17, 2023—Day 1: What a great start to our discoveries today! Pythagoras and Archimedes were our featured mathematicians. We learned when and where they lived using maps and timelines, as well as a little about each of their lives. What activities or problems got them thinking mathematically? What were their habits or interests? What types of...
Summer SAVY Session 5, Day 1, Engineering Design: Full STEAM Ahead!
Jul. 17, 2023—Day 1: Dear Parents, Our Engineering & Design: Full STEAM Ahead session is off to a great start! I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know our young engineers. We started the morning off with activities to get to know each other. Students seemed to enjoy playing “Two Truths and a Lie” where they guessed which statements...
Summer SAVY Session 5, Day 1, Beyond the Pyramids
Jul. 17, 2023—Day 1: Welcome to Beyond the Pyramids! This morning we did some “get to know you” activities and shared background knowledge about ancient Egypt. Our read-aloud today was “The Egyptian Cinderella” by Shirley Climo. This variation on Cinderella is based on the real Rhodopis who married Pharaoh Amasis in 570 BC. We completed a Venn...
Summer SAVY Session 5, Day 1, Dive Into Design
Jul. 17, 2023—Day 1: Happy Monday and welcome to Dive into Design! Our class is off to a great start. We had a wonderful day getting to know each other and diving into the world of measurement and design. Today, we discovered our challenge for the week: “A swimming pool is about to be built in your...
Summer Career Connections Session 4, Day 5, Math and Music
Jul. 14, 2023—Day 5: I am so sad to see these Math and Music students leave! We had a great last day full of final performances and special guests! The morning began with an engaging math session focused on measurement. The children used tape measures to measure the length of our Boomwhackers. They then had to...