by newschoolsyr | Mar 14, 2017 | 2016-2017, grades 6-8, science
In December 2016, Students in grades 6 & 7 began a unit on exploring microscopes and discovering things too small to see with our eyes. We started this unit by reading about Antonie van Leeuwenhoek and then creating our own “microscopes” with...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 11, 2017 | 2016-2017, Grades 3 - 5, science
What is matter? What are the three states of matter? How do atoms behave differently in solids, liquids and gases? Students in grades 3, 4 and 5 love this hands on chemistry class. As they learned about matter, they explored the physical characteristics of matter, and...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 11, 2017 | 2016-2017, gross/fine motor, investigations, Kindergarten, science
During Investigations the youngest children at our school explored inclined planes using ramps. They rolled marbles down ramps and measured the distances each marble rolled. They varied the slope of the inclined plane, predicting which height would cause the marble...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 27, 2016 | 2016-2017, Grades 5 - 8, science
At the end of last year, we started a unit on Experimental Design. Students had to “save fred” a gummy worm from drowning by only using paperclips. Students had to write down their procedure and then have another group try and follow it word for word....
by newschoolsyr | Nov 27, 2016 | 2016-2017, Grades 5 - 8, Lemoyne Student teacher, science
Over the past couple weeks the older students have been studying infectious diseases. Thus far they have completed two hands on experiments. In one experiment they simulated spreading the common cold among students in the room and they experienced first hand how...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 21, 2016 | 2016-2017, field trips, science, visual arts, whole school
Cornell Museum of Ornithology The whole school spent the day in Ithaca at Cornell’s amazing Museum of Ornithology. What a treat. The original reason for going was to view the extraordinary mural that is painted on one of the walls – it shows life-sized...
