by newschoolsyr | May 27, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, grade 5, grade 7, science
This fall students in fifth and seventh grade will be studying chemistry and why it matters. To begin our unit of study, students performed and observed experiments involving physical and chemical changes. From there, students were brought outside to search for...
by newschoolsyr | May 27, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, Community, field trips, grade 1, Kindergarten, science
If you need a reminder, check out the Part one description from last semester. This project was designed as a year long project with time as one of our tools. Another tool that The New School frequently utilizes is looking at the same big idea in multiple...
by newschoolsyr | May 24, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, grade 1, Kindergarten, science, Uncategorized
Hot and Cold is science unit for our youngest students which was started when the distance learning period began. We started by exploring the melting of an ice cube. How long did we think it would take for an ice cube to melt? Then we considered ways we could make the...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 20, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, grade 3, grade 4, science
Students have been studying the fascinating systems within the human body that help us perform our daily functions. Our 3rdand 4thgrade students started with studying the human brain and how it is composed of several different parts that each control a specific task...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 20, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, grades 7-8, language arts
Our 7thand 8thgrade students have spent the last several weeks reading a fantastic book, “An Elephant in the Garden by the acclaimed author Michael Morpurgo. Students have read through the eyes of Lizzie, a teenage girl living in Dresden, Germany during the second...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 28, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, grades 7-8, science
On the first day, I shared how the brain physically develops. I showed a great PBS video called The Developing Child. I showed the kids the different areas of the brain and talked about what “jobs” they have, such as sight, hearing etc.. I had the kids do a quiz...
