To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, Ashley Hall’s fifth grade students memorized and recited the speech for a class assignment. The students were featured on the local news for their effort as well as learntheaddress.org, a project started by documentarian Ken Burns to collect recordings of the Address.
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History 7 Students Simulate Hunter-Gatherer Life
Hopkins students in History 7 have been studying hominid evolution and early human societies. In order to better answer the question, “Why did homo sapiens migrate around the world?” students engaged in a simulation of Hunter-Gatherer life on the glade between Baldwin Hall and Heath Commons. Divided into rival clans and using tessellation cubes as […]
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Students Create Autonomous System for Aerial Tracking
As a part of their Honors Advanced Computer Science class, Renner Brown ‘15, Alexander Eggers ‘15, and Michael McCrory ‘14, are tackling a year-long learning project. They will create an autonomous system for aerial tracking, following, and filming mobile objects over multiple terrains, including water. The ultimate goal of the project is to follow a […]
