by newschoolsyr | Jun 24, 2024 | grades 7-8, science
This winter, the five older students in grades 7-8 participated in a unit on engineering a better paper airplane. First they had to choose three different types of planes to make (they couldn’t all be based on the basic dart) and then decide what constraints they...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 30, 2023 | grades 7-8, science
Density and Viscosity This fall, the five seventh and eighth graders have been exploring the similarities and differences between density and viscosity. We started by defining the terms: demonstrate, model, interpret, density, viscosity and environment and then...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 7, 2021 | 2021-2022, grades 7-8, language arts
This fall students read “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie. The book is about a kid, named Junior, who lives on the Indian reservation. He was born to Salish Indians, a Coeur d’Alene father and a Spokane mother. His intersectionality...
by newschoolsyr | May 29, 2021 | 2020-2021, grades 7-8, language arts
Over the past two months, the 8th graders participated in a book club where they read Bill Peet: An Autobiography. Some people may be familiar with the name Bill Peet because of his children’s books that he created including, The Wump World, Hubert’s Hair...
by newschoolsyr | May 22, 2021 | 2020-2021, grades 7-8, science, Uncategorized
by Paul OttesonSecond semester science teacher for 7th and 8th grades Biology has been this year’s science focus for the older students, using the curriculum suggested by the Science Education for Public Understanding Program (SEPUP). It was my pleasure to join the...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 20, 2021 | 2020-2021, grade 7, grades 7-8, science
Students in 7th and 8th grade participated in a light class this fall that explored the topics of reflection, refraction, absorption and color. To start this unit, students were asked to build a “chamber” out of paper where they had to reflect the light into the...
