Grade Level
Middle
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Real-World Projects Spark Girls’ Interest in Science
How do middle schoolers at St. Catherine’s School engage in design thinking and experience the engineering process? One example is by learning to build underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). In coordination with their Robotics Genius Hour curriculum, and utilizing the school’s innovative maker spaces, girls gain hands-on experience with tools, electrical circuits, and switches as […]
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Minecraft at Iolani
‘Iolani School teacher Gabriel Yanagihara is combining popular technology with traditional studies, and he is changing the landscape of learning for his students. Required reading is no longer just that- in Minecraft classes, students recreate the physical layout of a book within the game, as well as build new communities, explore space, and join the […]
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Kent Place Girls’ Leadership Institute Has Record-Breaking 20th Year
A record-breaking 38 Outstanding Women Leaders (OWLs) from 22 different schools and four different states, attended the Kent Place School Girls’ Leadership Institute (GLI) from July 20 through July 31. The 10-day summer enrichment program, for girls entering seventh and eighth grades, explores these young women’s leadership potential and strengthens each girl’s self-esteem. This is […]
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Green Acres School Certified as a Maryland Green School
On April 30, the Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE) announced Green Acres School’s certification as a 2015 Maryland Green School. The award is the culmination of two years of demonstrating and documenting a continuous effort to integrate sustainable environmental management practices, environmental education curriculum, professional development opportunities, and community engagement into the […]
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Turning Point School Awarded International Certification
Turning Point School was recently awarded International Certification through the Council of International Schools (CIS). The pursuit of this certification has been an exciting priority and goal for the entire school community over the past two years, and Turning Point is proud to be only the third school school in the United States to earn […]
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Teach the Future Fellowship
St. Andrew’s School has launched a community-wide professional development initiative to create meaningful movement forward for our own school, as well as partner with other schools, innovators, and entrepreneurs, to bring about change for the betterment of our students and community. Teach the Future Fellowship is a grass roots organization of likeminded educators who commit […]
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Kent Place Students “Splash Into Science” During Summer Trip to Florida
More than 20 Kent Place Middle and rising Upper School students and four faculty and staff members chose to spend a portion of their summer breaks this June in Florida for the “Splash into Science” Global Service Learning trip. This trip was far beyond a typical science field trip. The girls hiked the Everglades at […]
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Jazz: A Fifth Grade Multidisciplinary Exploration
An annual visit by professional jazz musicians who share the living tradition of jazz with SCDS’s fifth grade class has inspired a series of lessons among multiple disciplines including humanities, music, art, and library and information literacy. As part of their class’s year-long study of Jazz and the African-American Experience, each student chooses a musician […]
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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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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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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” […]