by newschoolsyr | Apr 30, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, Community, grades 6-8, science
This four week for our oldest students unit looked at the structure and function of a typical animal cell. The animal cell’s organelles were described and discussed. Students constructed a large model of an animal cell, working in class and independently in...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 2, 2018 | 2018 - 2019, grades 6-8, middle school, science
This fall, students in grades 6-8 participated in a unit on bubbles. We started this unit by creating a small and large frame that could help us explore soap solution. Students were then asked what they would like to know about soap bubbles and what surfaces they...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 25, 2018 | 2018 - 2019, grades 6-8, language arts, Social Studies
As the oldest students started to create a annotated time showing the century from 1850 – 1950, they revisited and reviewed last year’s study of the Industrial revolution. Here we learned how inventions fueled a transformation of the US economy. The...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 25, 2018 | 2018 - 2019, grades 6-8, language arts, Uncategorized
The oldest students were part of a short unit where we explored Bloom’s Taxonomy. What better way to learn about higher and lower level questions than to write your own after studying and discussing each level of Bloom’s framework. Just as responding to higher level...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 16, 2018 | 2018 - 2019, grades 6-8, Social Studies
This year we are doing a small group class on the Civil War with a small group of middle school students. As a part of this class our goals are: To understand that by the end of the American Revolution, slavery had already become an issue in the new and growing...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 3, 2018 | 2017 - 2018, Community events, field trips, grades 6-8, investigations, Uncategorized, visual arts
Six of the oldest students just completed an exciting sewing project! First the children had to get certified by the Fayetteville Free Library’s staff. An hour long course taught them the parts of the sewing machine and how to thread it, fill a bobbin and more!...
