by newschoolsyr | May 30, 2016 | 2015-2016, science
We began our study of the water cycle by identifying where we can find water throughout the earth. An ocean evaporation demonstration helped us understand how the polar caps and glaciers are made of fresh water. As we continued learning about evaporation,...
by newschoolsyr | May 16, 2016 | 2015-2016, grades 4 - 8, science
Students in grades 4th-8th participated in a science class this winter that explored and created inventions. We started this unit by reading a book called What Can You Do With a Shoe? We then applied the ideas in this book to a coat hanger. What could we do with a...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 18, 2016 | 2015-2016, grade 1, grade 2, Kindergarten and 1st grade, science, science grade 2, science grades K-2, science K-1, youngest students
The New School started housing fertilized chicken eggs on March 7th, and are watching them grown in an incubator day by day. We looked at this as a great opportunity to teach our students all about chickens. Students in Kindergarten through Second Grade have been...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 18, 2016 | 2015-2016, grade 2, Kindergarten and 1st grade, science, youngest students
The youngest group of students have been investigating DINOSAURS! We took a long time to read Dinosaur Valley and Maia: A Dinosaur Grows Up. Dinosaur Valley follows a family of Orodromeus dinosaurs. Maia is a story of a Maiasaura, a duck-billed dinosaur, as she grows...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 2, 2015 | 2015-2016, grades 4 - 8, science
A small group of the oldest students have been participating in Take Apart, a science class connected to the Electromagnetism and Invention classes. Before the “taking apart” happened, the students drew predictions of what parts would be on the inside of their...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 6, 2015 | 2015-2016, Community events, field trips, grade 1, grade 2, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts, science, science grades K-2, visual arts
The eleven youngest students started the year learning about the Rain Forest. New concepts and vocabulary were introduced as they listened to and discussed the content of many books on the subject. If I Ran the Rain Forest by Bonnie Worth and Rain, Rain, Rain Forest...
