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Summer SAVY 2023 Session 1, Day 3 – Creative Contraptions (Dunbar)
Jun. 14, 2023—Day 3: Today we took a deeper dive into simple machines and everyday examples as well as how they are used. Learning about common characteristics and motivations of inventors and the process of invention was also presented and discussed. Then we examined complex machines and how they can form a system. They explored how to...
Summer SAVY 2023 Session 1, Day 3 – Creative Contraptions (Kent)
Jun. 14, 2023—Day 3: It has been a delight working with the inquiring minds of this group. We reviewed knowledge garnered this week so far, from discussing motion to kinetic and potential energy, force, friction, and simple machines. We rotated through hands-on centers working with all 6 simple machines. Then demonstrated our expertise to a visiting class...
Summer SAVY Session 1, Day 1 – Data Discoverers
Jun. 12, 2023—June 12, 2023–Day 1: What a fun day today in Data Discoverers as research scientists! It’s a smaller group this week, but everyone was so excited to calculate data and learn how to research! To get to know one another, students answered some questions about themselves and shared it with a partner. Each day they...
Summer SAVY Session 1, Day 1 – Dabbling with DNA
Jun. 12, 2023—Day 1: Good evening! The first day of Dabbling with DNA was successful. We have an enthusiastic group of students who are very interested in science, eager to learn about DNA, and share their thoughts on science and just about anything else. After introductions, and sharing one or many talents, we spent the morning talking...
Summer SAVY Session 1, Day 1 – Agricultural Engineering
Jun. 12, 2023—Day 1: We are working our way through the Engineering Design Process and applying our learning to our hand pollinators, flowers, and insects. Today we explored vocabulary words that tie into technology, agricultural engineering, and pollinators. We determined reasons for variance in materials and textures that will be useful when designing our products. We applied learning...
Summer SAVY Session 1, Day 1 – Creative Contraptions (Dunbar)
Jun. 12, 2023—Thanks to a wonderful group of little scientists, we are off to a wonderful start! Learning what a scientist is, some of the different things they study, and the method they use to gather their findings kicked off the creative contraptions class. Students then practiced going through the scientific method to investigate what makes a...
Summer SAVY Session 1, Day 1 – Creative Contraptions (Kent)
Jun. 12, 2023—Day 1: We had a wonderful day getting to know each other. This morning we learned a little about each other and established some expectations for working together. In working towards our objective of imagining and creating our own inventions to solve real-world problems, we started by determining what scientists are, what they do,...
Spring SAVY 2023: Neuroscience Navigators (Stuckelman) for Grades 3 & 4
Feb. 6, 2023—Day 3: Saturday, February 11 Hi parents and friends of the Neuroscience Navigators! This week we finished the class strong. It was so great to have everyone back in class, and the students were incredibly excited to be back. We started the day by splitting up the two sections of the course so that some...
Spring SAVY 2023: Neuroscience Navigators (Feller) for Grades 3 & 4
Feb. 6, 2023—Day 3: Saturday, February 11 Hi parents! Today was a bittersweet ending to the Spring SAVY session. I am genuinely grateful for having such an outstanding group of students and will miss having them in my class. Each of your kids demonstrated impressive curiosity, determination, and generosity toward their instructors and fellow students. You and...
Spring SAVY 2023: Neuroscience Navigators for Grades 3 & 4
Jan. 30, 2023—Hello there parents and friends of the Neuroscience Navigators! Yesterday we welcomed your students to the wonderful world of neuroscience. The day started off with a big surprise, as both sections of the class combined to make one enthusiastic group of learners for the day. This allowed the students to get to know one another...