by newschoolsyr | Nov 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Ten of our oldest students visited James Pass Arboretum to observe and draw one of its majestic specimens. Tim Regin, longtime advocate for the arboretum, met with us sharing the history of the arboretum and its trees. Each student was assigned a different tree. In...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 7, 2024 | science
At the beginning of the year, we started a unit on Experimental Design. Students had to “Save Fred” a gummy worm from drowning by only using paper clips. Students had to write down their procedure and then decide if they had done the procedure...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
This fall and spring our K-2s have been learning about Earthworms. We began by digging for real worms outside. We found some. We observed their behavior and drew them. We learned about what worms need to survive, their external features,their internal body parts, and...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
At the end of the year the students started learning about electricity. They were challenged to figure out how to light a lightbulb when given only a lightbulb, battery and one wire. In the process they learned about complete circuits, and the important parts of a...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
This spring, students in grades 2-6 participated in learning about space in their science class. In a mixed age group, we discussed what the word “astronomy” means and then had students share what they knew about astronomy. We started the unit by talking...
