by newschoolsyr | Jun 15, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, grades 7-8, science
Students in 7th and 8th grade participated in a long distance learning science class where they were challenged to create a heat shield for the MELDI sensor. The launch window for the Mars 2020 mission opens July 17 and closes Aug. 5, when Earth and Mars are in the...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 12, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, grade 3, grade 4, science
In Lego class 3rd and 4th graders used Legos to learn about simple and powered machines using hands-on activities. First, they investigated structures and forces, incorporating both rigid and flexible shapes in building deck chairs and drawbridges. Applying principles...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 10, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, grade 3, grade 4, writing workshop
Students over the past sever weeks have been studying how perspective is used within writing. Examining how a writer uses perspective to inform and persuade the reader, students then used these techniques within their own work. Our 3rd and 4th grade students have done...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 9, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, grades 4 - 8, science
Questions guided our unit: How do things make sound? How does sound travel through liquids, solids and gases? What determines the pitch of a sound? How is sound measured and how do our ears allow us to hear sounds? To help us answer such questions, we went on field...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 8, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, grade 3, writing workshop
Jiyong, Stuart, Pearson, Theo and Paul were part of a class called Writing Skills. In this class they were introduced to and/or reviewed various aspects of writing and grammar. We have discussed the sentence, subjects, nouns, pronouns articles, singular and plural,...
