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Summer SAVY Session 2, Day 4 – Archaeology
Jun. 22, 2023—Day 4: Today in Uncovering Secrets of the Past: Archaeology 101, we reviewed our dinner discussions about the “Kennewick Man.” We also looked at the archaeology of the Roanoke Colony. The students learned about the disappearance of that colony and how archaeologists study it. We also spent time today completing labs on soils. We also...
Summer SAVY Session 2, Day 4 – Chemical Spill
Jun. 22, 2023—Day 4: Today we tested a sample of our chemical spill for acidity. We then designed an experiment to neutralize the spill. We tested our hypotheses and related the findings to our chemical spill. We then learned about ecology and discussed how the spill might have had abiotic and biotic impacts on the creek ecosystem....
Summer SAVY Session 2, Day 4 – Ecological Expedition
Jun. 22, 2023—Day 4: We invaded ecosystems today at SAVY! This morning we continued to work towards answering the question, “What impact does an imbalance or an over/underpopulation of one species have on an ecosystem?” Students started their invasive species journey through a game on population growth. Each group was given a particular amount of time, and...
Summer SAVY Session 2, Day 4 – Witty Wordplay
Jun. 22, 2023—Day 4: We began our day by working on our language systems comic and finishing up building our systematic board games! Around mid-morning our author, Jessica Young, visited on Zoom to listen to our onomatopoeia poems and give feedback on their writing. Ms. Young gave us rave reviews and was visibly appreciative of how far our campers...
Summer SAVY Session 2, Day 4 – Intro to Coding and Robotics (Wheelock)
Jun. 22, 2023—Day 4: What a day of programming! We have filled our brains with new vocabulary this week and it is imperative to use it while we code, so we started the day with a vocabulary review. Developing multiple events within the same program was the skill we added to our coding knowledge today. This was...
Summer SAVY Session 2, Day 3 – Common and Practical Chemistry (Crooke)
Jun. 21, 2023—Day 3: We started the morning by classifying chemical compounds as ionic or covalent. We then learned to make solutions. Each group made a solution with a different concentration of Copper II Sulfate, an ionic compound. We then heated the solution to dissolve all the chemicals and then poured it into a dish so that...
Summer SAVY Session 2, Day 3 – Common and Practical Chemistry (Pao)
Jun. 21, 2023—Day 3: Today, we learned about ionic and covalent bonds and reviewed concepts from previous days. In order to review polarity, acids, and bases, students made alka-seltzer “lava lamps”, where they saw interactions between oil (nonpolar) and water (polar), as well as the acid-base reaction from the alka-seltzer tablet when it was dissolved in water....
Summer SAVY Session 2, Day 3 – Robotic Engineering
Jun. 21, 2023—Day 3: We read some exciting news in the SAVY Business Journal (our classroom whiteboard) – there were some staffing changes! Several colleagues joined new companies! The purpose of this exercise was to expose each team to new colleagues and provide an opportunity to apply teamwork strategies to a new dynamic. As a class, we...
Summer SAVY Session 2, Day 3 – Archaeology
Jun. 21, 2023—Day 3: Today in Uncovering Secrets of the Past: Archaeology 101, we reviewed our dinner discussions from Tuesday night. The students were able to share interesting thoughts on how our lives would be impacted by changes in the soil. We were also able to make final observations on our decomposer lab experiments with bananas. The...
Summer SAVY Session 2, Day 3 – Chemical Spill
Jun. 21, 2023—Day 3: We continued our analysis of substances by testing their pH and worked on neutralizing acid with the use of sodium bicarbonate. We also tested whether we could dilute acid with water. Questions to ask at dinnertime: How did you know when an acid was neutralized? What reaction did you get when you tried...