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Finding Community In Science
How does industrial waste create stress on coastal wildlife? For the last eight summers, the Lisman Research Laboratories at the Riverdale Country School has been investigating the effects of environmental contaminants on organisms native to the Bronx River estuary. On a recent June day, Dr. Rachel Cox, a biology teacher and director of the lab, […]
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Musical Fun With Science or Scientific Fun with Music?
What might a song have to do with science? A lot…when you’re a sixth grade science learner asking: What can we learn about science and culture through listening to music? Especially if, as their science teacher noted, students are using the right lens. Students tackled the query as analytically as possible in their study of […]
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Science Fair… With a Twist
This year, we completely changed our science fair. All work was done in the classroom, and we attained authentic student work. More important, we emphasized reflection and sharing with all students. All projects had to display a reflection celebrating successes and sharing particular challenges (or what didn’t work). Many students also included thoughts on what […]
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Creating Leaders in the Agricultural Revolution
Last year, in their upper-level Agricultural Research science course, Scattergood Friends School students used their campus’s 10-acre organic farm as a living laboratory to see how humans interact with nature. They asked essential questions about farm processes, completed literature reviews, researched and designed studies, and ultimately presented their findings at the Iowa State Science Fair. […]
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Rock-n-Roll Academy Helps Middle Schoolers “Come Together”
Who hasn’t dreamed of being in a band? The four-week Rock-n-Roll Academy at University Lake School makes that dream come true for students in grades 5-8. Mentored by Academy facilitator Peter Humphrey-Loving and working in two sound-proof practice rooms fully stocked with audio equipment and instruments, students form bands, decide on their roles (vocals, guitar, […]
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First Chinese Language Class Graduates from Kent Place School
Kent Place School is pleased to announce that the first group of students to take Chinese language classes at Kent Place graduated on May 31. The Chinese language program at Kent Place began in 2009 after two years of research by World Language Department Chair Katharine MacCornack and then Kent Place Director of Studies Gayle […]
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Students Gain Perspective at the Border
Each fall, Sandia Prep students in Claudio Pérez’ Spanish 5A Border Studies class, “The Neglect of Women Workers and the New Era of Hope,” travel to the El Paso-Juárez border. They come for a day-long immersion education program that acquaints them with the various issues surrounding immigration and border relations. The students speak and interact […]
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Second Graders Share, Embrace Their Identities
Inside a display more like an art installation than a classroom project, fifty second graders at Georgetown Day School presented a living museum about the most important things in their world: each other. Standing on chairs, they spoke eye-to-eye with visitors and described their multidimensional identities in a socio-culturally informed context. Throughout the “Identity Project,” […]
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Animation and Activism
Inspired by Riverdale Country School’s message of social engagement, a sixth grader created an animation about the plight of Gummi Bears.
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Sixth Graders Become Rocket Scientists
When it comes to two-liter bottle rocket design, the sky’s the limit for Antilles School sixth graders, who capped off a unit on Newton’s three laws with a four-day rocket launch on the school’s field. Maggie Klotzbach and Eesha Ved didn’t think they’d have much luck; but, as “Star Wars” fans would say, “the force” […]
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Old Trail School Raises Funds for Nepal Orphans Home
The Old Trail School community came together to raise funds for victims of the April earthquakes in Nepal. This weekend the School raised $3,500+ at their Charity Rummage Sale to benefit Nepal Orphans Home. Items were donated by families and event volunteers included parents, teachers, administrators and students who were great ambassadors for the School […]
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Students Create Chihuly-Inspired Artwork
Students in Old Trail School’s Early Childhood Program classes have been studying the works of Dale Chihuly, a glass artist who has installations all over the world including: Venice, Finland, Jerusalem, the ceiling of the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, and even one at The University of Akron. Students learned about glass blowing and watched […]