by newschoolsyr | May 24, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, grade 1, Kindergarten, science, Uncategorized
Hot and Cold is science unit for our youngest students which was started when the distance learning period began. We started by exploring the melting of an ice cube. How long did we think it would take for an ice cube to melt? Then we considered ways we could make the...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 20, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, grade 3, grade 4, science
Students have been studying the fascinating systems within the human body that help us perform our daily functions. Our 3rdand 4thgrade students started with studying the human brain and how it is composed of several different parts that each control a specific task...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 28, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, grades 7-8, science
On the first day, I shared how the brain physically develops. I showed a great PBS video called The Developing Child. I showed the kids the different areas of the brain and talked about what “jobs” they have, such as sight, hearing etc.. I had the kids do a quiz...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 27, 2019 | 2019 - 2020, grades 7-8, science, visual arts
This fall students in seventh & eighth grade participated in a science class that explored density and viscosity. Our class started with viewing a short video on density with water, oil and syrup. Students were then asked to come up with ten questions they had...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 24, 2019 | 2019 - 2020, grades 4 - 6, science
Starting in September 2019, all the fourth and fifth grade students were part of a “Mystery Powder” unit. The unit started with the shocking news of a “robbery” at the Temple up the road! Left at the scene of the “crime” was a white powder as the only evidence. All...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 24, 2019 | 2019 - 2020, grades 3 - 6, language arts, science, Uncategorized, visual arts
Last year our Student Teacher began a study of bees with some of our students. They used a multi-disciplinary approach using some reading, making a 3D model of the external parts of the bee, and writing a Haiku about bees. This year we did a short unit to...
