by newschoolsyr | Feb 20, 2015 | 2014-2015, Community events, grades 4 - 8, science, visual arts
Over the summer of 2014, teachers at The New School decided that the older students would take part in a year-long study of trees, where they would learn about tree identification, and how the study of a tree’s habit, its leaves, bark and fruit provide identification...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 13, 2015 | 2014-2015, investigations, Kindergarten and 1st grade, math, science
How do airplanes fly? That is a question that our younger students (K-2) explored during Investigations. They made paper airplanes and tested them to see how far they could fly. Then they modified their planes to see if they could get them to fly farther. They...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 14, 2014 | 2014-2015, Community events, mystery guest, science, whole school
The New School now has its own Mr. Wizard! Buzzy Dale (Chloe’s father) is sharing his love of teaching science and knowledge as we explore electricity and magnetism. His first demonstration had the children enraptured as he demonstrated how electricity flows...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 12, 2014 | 2014-2015, grade 3, science
In Lego class we have been learning about simple and powered machines using hands-on activities.We investigated structures and forces, incorporating both rigid and flexible shapes in our deck chair and drawbridge.Applying principles we learned about levers, we made a...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 1, 2014 | 2014-2015, Community events, mystery guest, science, whole school
On Thursday, October 30, Sam Van Aken was our third mystery guest of the year. Sam created, using grafting, a tree that can bear 40 different kinds of stone fruits. The children asked their yes/no questions and quickly determined Sam had come to share something about...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 13, 2014 | 2014-2015, grade 2, Kindergarten and 1st grade, science
The youngest group of students has been learning about the layers of the earth. We started off our unit by reading parts of Gail Gibbon’s bookPlanet Earth/Inside Out and How to Dig a Hole to the Otherside of the World by Faith McNulty. ...
