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 | May 24, 2024 | grades 3 - 6, science, science grade 2
We began our layers of the Earth class by asking ourselves, “How many layers of the Earth are there?”. That is when everyone learned that there are four layers of, and that it is impossible to dig all the way down to the center of the Earth. We did many hands-on...
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 | May 7, 2023 | 2022-2023, grade 1, grade 2, Kindergarten, science, science grades K-2
Over the winter, we have been working in depth with plants. Topics included Life Cycle of Plants Needs of a Plant Pollination Parts of a Plant Types and Disbursement of Seeds Types of Plants and Plant Habitats Parts of a Flower How Plants Get Food Decomposition of...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 20, 2023 | 2022-2023, grades 6-8, language arts, science
In January 2023 we started an Invention unit, inspired in part by the many inventions we learned about during our study of the Industrial Revolution. We started this unit by watching a few videos. Bill Nye always offers interesting and humorous videos on science...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 8, 2022 | grade 1, grade 2, Kindergarten, science, science grades K-2
We completed a unit study at the start of school on The Life Cycle of the Butterfly and Moth. Children learned about eggs, caterpillars, their metamorphosis within a cocoon or chrysalis, and their eventual emergence as a butterfly or moth. We were able to watch the...
