by newschoolsyr | May 5, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, grades 6-8, Social Studies
The oldest students spent three months studying the causes and effects of World War 1. The causes were complex. Students looked at world maps showing imperialism around the world prior to the war. Having identified the colonialists gave meaning to the complicated...
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...
