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SAVY 2019: Session 6, Day 1 – Games Galore (Rising 1st/2nd)
Jul. 22, 2019—What is power? Who holds power? Is power good or bad? How does power relate to game playing? We looked at beginning to evaluate each of these questions and more. Our universal concept this week as power as it related to fairness. We decided that power is the person who is in charge, and is...
Career Connections at SAVY 2019: Session 2, Day 5 – Strength and Structure of Engineering Materials (Rising 7th)
Jul. 19, 2019—I can’t believe the week is already over! We had a great time this week learning about materials science, structures, and engineering ethics. Everyone did an excellent job this entire week and it showed in the high quality of the final projects. One of the final things we learned about today was shape memory alloys. ...
SAVY 2019: Session 5, Day 5 – Math and Music (Rising 5th/6th)
Jul. 19, 2019—The trial of John Cage was a rousing success! I was so impressed with the work done by both sides to put together an spirited, engaging, yet respectful debate. In the end, John Cage was declared guilty of crimes against music! Some excerpts from the trial are posted on the SAVY Facebook page. I had...
SAVY 2019: Session 5, Day 5 – Dynamic Coasts (Rising 5th/6th)
Jul. 19, 2019—This week was a blast! We started out the day by reading a scientific paper. In this study, scientists drilled holes into seawalls to create artificial rock pools. They wanted to see if this would help algae and organisms live on hardened coasts. Then we investigated sea level changes over time from both satellite and...
SAVY 2019: Session 5, Day 5 – Solving for the Unknown (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jul. 19, 2019—Hello SAVY parents! Today was a very exciting day as we spent most of our day getting prepared for your arrival at Open House. Our culminating activity, “At the Mall” was a project where students were able to setup the classroom as if they were at the mall with a variety of shops. Pairs of...
SAVY 2019: Session 5, Day 5 – Makings of America (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jul. 19, 2019—Dear SAVY Parents, Sincerest appreciations to you for making this week’s activities available to your child. We had a tremendous time learning and struggling with huge concepts and an abundance of content. It seemed to be a rich experience that benefited each student and instructor in our course. We concentrated on three documents today: The...
SAVY 2019: Session 5, Day 5 – Dabbling with DNA
Jul. 19, 2019—On this last day of camp, we finished the GMO research that was started yesterday and teams prepared their reports. After lunch, each team presented their report to the class. It was an opportunity to practice conveying information to a (friendly) audience. They did a great job! We then talked about the mechanics of gel...
SAVY 2019: Session 5, Day 5 – Witty Wordplay (Rising 1st/2nd)
Jul. 19, 2019—Today we wrote our persuasive text. They turned out so well! We have all improved and come so far with using writer’s techniques. We started our day with our favorite warm-up, Unusual uses and this time we had a straw. The creative ideas were flooding in! Some suggestions were blow dart, painting tool, tube slide,...
SAVY 2019: Session 5, Day 5 – Wind and Wings (Rising 1st/2nd)
Jul. 19, 2019—What a great week! We started the morning building some insect models and including some flight features into our models. We also spent time today wrapping up our learning where students had some time to share what they learned throughout the week. Thank you for coming to open house! The students appreciated sharing what they...
Career Connections at SAVY 2019: Session 2, Day 4 – Strength and Structure of Engineering Materials (Rising 7th)
Jul. 18, 2019—It’s already Thursday! I can’t believe this week went by so quickly. Today we learned about macroscopic and microscopic failure surfaces. Essentially, how we can look at a broken part and determine the type of failure. The three types of failure we focused on were ductile, brittle, and fatigue failure. There are different macroscopic and...