SAVY Category
Summer SAVY Session 1, Day 5 – The Great Debate
Jun. 19, 2023—Day 5: Good afternoon families and great debaters! I am so sad to see y’all go but so honored that I got to have you in debate class! This week we learned about rhetorical strategies and processes that come down to us from ancient philosophy, we learned the art of the rebuttal and worked hard to...
Summer SAVY Session 1, Day 5 – The Makings of America
Jun. 19, 2023—Day 5: For our last day in the Makings of America: Rebellion, Revolt, and Resolution, we studied the perspective of five historical women and how their lives were changed during the Revolution. We also examined the alliance with France and how it potentially changed the outcome of the war. We examined a map of Yorktown and the surrender. It is interesting...
Summer SAVY 2023 Session 1, Day 5 – Data Discoverers
Jun. 19, 2023—Day 5: Data says….Data Discoverers was a success!! What an amazing week we had learning how to be research scientists! You can look at the “data” that your child is bringing home today and realize how much they’ve grown as researchers! Here are some(not all) of the items you will find in your child’s folder/backpack. Go through their journal and folder and talk to your child...
Summer SAVY 2023 Session 1, Day 5 – Dabbling with DNA
Jun. 19, 2023—Day 5: It’s Friday! This morning we covered two more topics before continuing work on the GMO project. We examined blood types and saw that dominant phenotypes are not always the most common. Many of them were curious about their blood type, and the fact that they had been tested as an infant for blood type...
Summer SAVY 2023 Session 1, Day 5 – Agricultural Engineering
Jun. 19, 2023—Day 5: Whew! What an amazing way to end the week! We had the pleasure of meeting agricultural engineers from the non-profit HoneyBee Tennessee and the Institute of Agriculture, UT Extension. Both guest speakers shared a lot of information on agricultural engineering, Integrated Pest Management, pesticides, flowers, pollination, and insects. Students were so amazing when...
Summer SAVY Session 1, Day 5 – Creative Contraptions (Dunbar)
Jun. 19, 2023—Day 5: Thank you so much for sharing your children with Mrs. Williamson and me this week. This was such a wonderful, kind group of scholars and I enjoyed getting to know all of them. I learned so much from working with them and hope they learned and enjoyed the class as well. Our culminating...
Summer SAVY Session 1, Day 5 – Creative Contraptions (Kent)
Jun. 19, 2023—Day 5: The final project for today was to create a contraption to carry a ball from the floor up to the table, and then to the other end of the table. Students needed to use at least two simple machines in their design. We finished all the fine-tuning of the contraptions and then demonstrated...
Summer SAVY Session 1, Day 4 – Robotic Engineering
Jun. 15, 2023—Day 4: The Final Challenges Begin! Day 4 in the SAVY Robotics Engineering Course Welcome back to Day 4, where the excitement reaches its peak as the participants embark on their final challenges. Over the past few days, these talented young minds have been exploring the world of robotics, programming, and engineering through the power...
Summer SAVY Session 1, Day 4 – The Great Debate
Jun. 15, 2023—Day 4: Good afternoon families and great debaters! Today we continued building our knowledge and training in the art of rhetoric, persuasion, and rebuttal. We learned about rhetorical processes and the five tenets of rhetoric a la Cicero: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery! We also continued to practice our rebuttals in a guessing activity...
Summer SAVY Session 1, Day 4 – The Makings of America
Jun. 15, 2023—Day 4: Today in the Makings of America: Rebellion, Revolt, and Resolution, we began by examining copies of the Declaration of Independence. We had several students who were about to successfully memorize the opening. (I was so proud!) After that, we looked at some primary sources such as a letter from John Adams to Abigail...