by newschoolsyr | Apr 20, 2017 | 2016-2017, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, science, visual arts
Students in grades 1, 2 and 3 were part of a unit that recently studied the ocean. Students working with a partner explored the characteristics of a specific layer of the ocean. They researched and wrote a short paragraph describing their assigned layer and the...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 11, 2017 | science
How do airplanes fly? That is a question that our younger students (K-1) explored during Investigations by making paper airplanes and testing them. First they made the classic Dart. They tested it to see how far, how high, and how straight it could fly. Then they made...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 15, 2017 | 2016-2017, Grades 3 - 5, science
Students in grades 3, 4 and 5, used what they learned earlier about physical and chemical changes, and their powers of observation to identify a mystery white powder. Over a period of three weeks students examined and tested 8 different white powders. They had to keep...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 14, 2017 | 2016-2017, grade 1, grade 2, Kindergarten, science, science grades K-2
Students in Kindergarten through Second Grade participated in a class where they explored items that would sink or float. As scientists, they first made predictions on six different items and then tested them out one by one, recording their results as they went. As...
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...
